Dismissal of Trump documents prosecution draws new scrutiny to Judge Cannon

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Centered on highly sensitive national secrets and with significant evidence of alleged obstruction, it also appeared to be the one Trump most feared.
42% : That clamor turned deafening Monday, when the federal judge in Florida tossed the high-profile case in a bombshell move hours before Trump officially became his party's presidential nominee.
42% : In making that ruling, Cannon found that Trump required extra protection as a former president, writing that the "stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own.
42% : Cannon, 43, was appointed by Trump to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2020 and had less than three years' experience as a judge when she was assigned the classified documents case.
39% : If he becomes president, Trump could ask his own Justice Department to drop the appeal of Cannon's ruling.
34% : The judge grabbed headlines in fall 2022 when she intervened in the FBI's investigation of Trump for his handling of classified documents, slowing the case.
33% : The Florida case was the greatest threat to Trump," Turley said.
31% : "What's clear is that Cannon has dealt another significant blow to Smith's prosecution of Trump, which was already damaged.
30% : "Turley was referring to recent decisions by the high court that prosecutors improperly used an obstruction charge to prosecute hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters and that Trump had broad presidential immunity from prosecution.
27% : He called the ruling a "three-point shot" for Trump, who has repeatedly raised long-shot legal arguments in the case.
27% : "In her ruling, Cannon sided with Trump, who argued that the Constitution does not permit Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel without Senate confirmation.
26% : A former federal prosecutor, she is one of more than 200 conservative lawyers Trump nominated to the federal bench.

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