Aileen Cannon

Aileen Cannon
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Cali (en) , 1981 (42/43 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Makaranta	Ransom Everglades School (en) University of Michigan Law School (en) 2007) Juris Doctor (en) Duke University (en) 2003) Bachelor of Arts (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Lauya da mai shari'a
Wurin aiki	Washington, D.C. da Fort Pierce (en)
Employers	Gibson Dunn (en) United States Department of Justice (en)
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Jam'iyyar Republican (Amurka)

Aileen Mercedes Cannon (an haife ta a shekara ta 1981) ƴar asalin Ba’amurke ƴar asalin ƙasar Colombia ne wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin alkali na gundumar Amurka na Kotun Gundumar Amurka na Kudancin Kudancin Florida tun 2020. Shugaba Donald Trump ya nada kuma ya nada Cannon a kujerar tarayya bayan majalisar dattijan Amurka ta tabbatar da shi a watan Nuwamba 2020. Cannon ya yi aiki da kamfanin lauyoyi na kamfani Gibson Dunn daga 2009 zuwa 2012 kuma ya kasance mai gabatar da kara na tarayya a Kudancin Kudancin Florida daga 2013 zuwa 2020.

A cikin 2022, Cannon ya jagoranci shari'ar Donald J. Trump da Amurka ta Amurka . Ta umurci gwamnatin Amurka da ta dakatar da amfani da kayayyakin da aka kwace daga gidan kulab da gidan Trump a binciken da ta gudanar tare da amincewa da bukatar Trump na neman wani masani na musamman da zai duba kayan. Kotun Daukaka Kara ta Amurka ta yi watsi da karar da kuma tsawatar wa Cannon bayan da ta gano cewa ta yi kuskure a kan karar. Cannon ya yi watsi da karar Trump bisa ga umarnin da aka bayar daga zagaye na sha daya.

Bayan tuhumar Trump a watan Yuni 2023, Cannon ya sa ido kan karar da aka yi wa Trump . Masana harkokin shari'a da dama, da suka yi nuni da yadda ta gudanar da shari'ar farar hula da ake yi wa Trump, sun yi kira da a janye ta daga shari'ar. A karkashin Cannon, an jinkirta shari'ar daga zuwa shari'a, tare da Cannon ya ba da buƙatun da yawa daga Trump na tsawaita yunƙurin gabatar da shari'a. A cikin Yuli 2024, ta yi watsi da karar gaba daya, inda ta yanke hukuncin cewa nadin na musamman Jack Smith ya saba wa kundin tsarin mulki. Ana daukaka karar hukuncin.

An haifi Cannon a cikin 1981 a Cali, Colombia. Tana da kanwa. ^[1] Mahaifiyarta ta gudu daga Cuba a matsayin yarinya bayan juyin juya halin Cuban na 1950s, ^[2] kuma mahaifinta dan Indiana ne. Cannon ya girma a Miami, Florida, inda ta halarci Makarantar Ransom Everglades, makaranta mai zaman kanta. ^{[2] [1]}

Cannon ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Duke a 2003 tare da Bachelor of Arts . A koleji, ta yi karatu don semester a Spain kuma ta rubuta wa jaridar harshen Mutanen Espanya ta Miami El Nuevo Herald ; rubuce-rubucenta sun haɗa da batutuwa irin su rawan flamenco, bukukuwa, da yoga . Cannon sannan ta halarci Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Michigan, inda ta kasance editan labarai na Jami'ar Michigan Journal of Law Reform kuma ta kasance 'yar wasan kwata-kwata a gasar kotun koli ta makarantar. ^[3] Ta sauke karatu a 2007 tare da Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, tare da zama memba a cikin Order of Coif . ^{[4] [1] [3]}

Cannon ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da kuma 'yanci na Tarayyar Tarayya tun 2005, lokacin da take ɗalibin shari'a. Yayin da ake la'akari da shi a matsayin alkali a cikin 2020, Cannon ya bayyana cewa ta shiga Tarayyar Tarayya ne saboda "mabambantan ra'ayoyi" da kuma saboda "ta sami ban sha'awa tattaunawar kungiyar game da raba iko da tsarin mulki, da bin doka., da kuma takaitacciyar rawar da bangaren shari’a ke takawa don fadin abin da doka take—ba yin doka ba”. ^[5]

Daga 2008 zuwa 2009, Cannon ya yi aiki a matsayin magatakardar shari'a don Steven Colloton, alkali a Kotun Daukaka Kara ta Amurka don Da'irar Takwas a Iowa . Daga 2009 zuwa 2012, ta kasance abokiyar aiki a Washington, DC, ofishin kamfanin lauyoyi Gibson Dunn . A cikin wani akwati a cikin 2011, Cannon ya kare tsohon shugaban ma'auni na ma'auni na Thomas Weisel Partners, a gaban Hukumar Kula da Kasuwancin Kasuwanci ; An wanke tsohon shugaban daga zamba a shari'ar.

Daga 2013 zuwa 2020, Cannon ya kasance mataimakin lauyan Amurka na Kudancin Kudancin Florida. A matsayin mai gabatar da kara na tarayya, Cannon ya yi aiki a cikin manyan laifuffuka, wanda ya haɗa da yin aiki a kan miyagun ƙwayoyi, bindigogi, da shari'o'in shige da fice, sa'an nan kuma ya koma sashin ƙararraki, yana aiki akan hukunci da yanke hukunci. A cikin 2018, Cannon yana cikin masu gabatar da kara da suka ci nasarar karar da ta shafi Mutual Benefits Corporation tsohon lauya Anthony Livoti Jr., yana mai jaddada hukuncin daurin shekaru 10 da aka yanke masa kan zamba mai alaka da zuba jari. A cikin 2019, Cannon yana cikin masu gabatar da kara da suka ci nasarar karar da ta shafi Scott W. Rothstein, wanda ya ba masu gabatar da kara damar janye goyon bayan rage hukuncin daurin shekaru 50 na shirin Ponzi . A matsayinsa na mai gabatar da kara, Cannon ya taimaka wajen tabbatar da hukunci ga wadanda ake tuhuma 41, wadanda hukunce-hukuncen hudu sun fito ne daga shari’ar juri.

A watan Yunin 2019, ofishin Sanata Marco Rubio ya nuna wa Cannon cewa yana neman ta a matsayin alkalin gundumar Amurka. Cannon ya bayyana sha'awar wannan watan kuma daga baya an yi hira da wakilan Sanata Rubio da Sanata Rick Scott, da kuma jami'an shari'a na Fadar White House da Ma'aikatar Shari'a . ^[6]

A ranar 21 ga Mayu, 2020, yana da shekaru 39, Shugaba Donald Trump ya nada Cannon don yin aiki a matsayin alkali na gundumar Amurka na Kotun Gundumar Amurka ta Kudancin Florida . An zabi ta ga kujerar da Alkali Kenneth Marra ya bari, wanda ya dauki babban matsayi a kan Agusta 1, 2017. Ƙungiyar Bar Association ta Amurka ta ƙididdige Cannon a matsayin "Mai cancanta" don matsayi. Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Amurka ta buƙaci aƙalla shekaru 12 na aikin doka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙa'idodin amincewarsu, kuma Cannon kawai ya cika wannan ma'auni. ^[5] Yayin da Kwamitin Shari'a na Majalisar Dattijai ke tantance shi, Cannon ya bayyana falsafancinta na shari'a a matsayin mai asali da rubutu . ^[7]

A ranar 29 ga Yuli, 2020, an gudanar da saurara a gaban Kwamitin Shari'a na Amurka . ^[8] Law360 ya ba da rahoton cewa Cannon "ya guje wa bincike" yayin sauraron tabbatar da majalisar dattijai ta Yuli 2020 yayin da 'yan majalisar dattawan suka "yi mata sauƙi". Sauraron sauraron karar ya kunshi 'yan takara biyar na shari'a, tare da 'yan majalisar dattijai na Republican sun mayar da hankali kan yi wa J. Philip Calabrese tambayoyi da kuma 'yan majalisar dattawan Democrat sun mayar da hankali kan tambayar Toby Crouse . Bayan haka, Sanatocin Demokrat sun aika da Cannon tambayoyi da yawa don amsawa.

A ranar 17 ga Satumba, 2020, an bayar da rahoton fitar nadin nata daga kwamitin da kuri'u 16-6. ^[9] A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2020, Majalisar Dattijan Amurka ta yi kira ga nadin nata da kuri'u 57-21. ^[10] Daga baya a wannan ranar, an tabbatar da Cannon da kuri'a 56-21. ^[11] Ta sami hukumar ta a ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, 2020. ^[12]

A cikin Mayu 2024, NPR ta ba da rahoton cewa Cannon ya keta ka'idodin shari'a na cikin gida da kuma dokar da'a ta tarayya lokacin da ba ta bayyana kan lokaci ba cewa a cikin 2021 da 2022, an biya ta a keɓe lokacin da ta halarci taron karawa juna sani na shari'a ("Sage Lodge Colloquium") a wani wurin shakatawa Montana ta shirya ta Jami'ar George Mason, kuma kawai ta bayyana shi lokacin da NPR ta yi tambaya game da lamarin; Magatakardar kotun ta Cannon ya mayar da martani ta hanyar dora alhakin bacewar bayanan kan batutuwan fasaha na "rashin hankali". Cannon ya sake biya ta Jami'ar Antonin Scalia Law School, wanda The New York Times ya bayyana a matsayin wani abin da ake nufi da "karatun shari'a na ra'ayin mazan jiya da tasiri".

An ba da rahoton a cikin watan Yuni 2021 cewa Cannon ya umarci kamfanin siminti na Switzerland LafargeHolcim da ya cimma matsaya don biyan wani dangin Amurkawa a karkashin dokar Helms-Burton saboda amfani da kadarorin dangin a Cuba, wanda gwamnatin Cuba ta kwace a 1960. Kafin odar Cannon, babu wanda ya yi nasarar samun diyya a ƙarƙashin Dokar Helms-Burton don kadarorin kasuwanci da aka kwace a Cuba.

A cikin shari'ar Christopher Tavorris Wilkins, wani mutum mai shekaru 34 daga Palm Beach Gardens wanda, a kotu, ya jefa kujera ya yi barazanar kashe wani mai gabatar da kara na tarayya, Cannon a cikin Afrilu 2022 ya kara shekaru shida da rabi a gidan yari. daurin shekaru 17.5 da ake da shi don tuhumar bindiga.

A game da Paul Vernon Hoeffer, wani mutum mai shekaru 60 daga Palm Beach Gardens wanda ya amsa laifin yin barazanar kisa ga 'yan Democrat uku: Kakakin Majalisar Nancy Pelosi, Wakilin Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, da kuma mai gabatar da kara Kim Foxx, tare da tarayya. Ka'idojin yanke hukunci da ke ba da shawarar watanni 33 da 41 a gidan yari, kuma masu gabatar da kara sun ba da shawarar watanni 41, Cannon a watan Afrilu 2022 ya yanke wa Hoeffer hukuncin watanni 18 kawai a gidan yari sannan kuma a saki shi na tsawon shekaru uku, sannan kuma ya ci tarar $2,000 kawai.

A cikin shari'ar Juan Antonio Garcia, wani tsohon jami'in 'yan sanda na Sewall's Point, mai shekaru 31, Cannon a watan Yuli 2022 ya yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru 25 a gidan yari na tarayya, da karin shekaru 20 na kulawa, da kuma tarar $ 10,000 saboda neman lalata daga matashi. yaro. Ka'idojin yanke hukunci sun sanya kewayon tsakanin shekaru 15 a gidan yari zuwa hukuncin daurin rai da rai, yayin da masu gabatar da kara na tarayya suka bukaci daurin sama da shekaru 30 a gidan yari.

A cikin shari'ar da ake yi na watanni 18 na Amurka v. Carver, Cannon ya jagoranci wani hadadden, shari'ar zamba na kula da lafiya da yawa wanda ta yanke hukunci game da al'amurran da suka shafi damar lauya-abokin ciniki, ƙoƙari na tsaro don hana shaida ko a yi watsi da tuhume-tuhume, da kuma gabatar da kararrakin da za a takaita iyakar shaidar shaidar. Gaba daya ta yanke hukunci a kan duk wani abu da ya shafi masu gabatar da kara.

A cikin shari'ar tarayya ta 2023 na wani mutumin Alabama da ake zargi da gudanar da gidan yanar gizon batsa na yara, Cannon ya rufe zaɓin juri ga jama'a bisa ƙayyadaddun sararin samaniya sannan kuma ya kasa rantsar da alkalan. Masana shari'a sun bayyana wannan a matsayin "kuskuren tsarin mulki". Dangane da bayanan kotu daga Yuni 12, 2023, duka masu gabatar da kara da kuma lauyan masu kare sun bukaci Cannon da ya bude dakin kotun. Lauyan da ke kare jama'a ya ki amincewa da rufe dakin kotun, yana mai cewa yin hakan ya saba wa Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Shida, wanda Cannon ya yi watsi da shi. An tilasta mata ta sake fara aikin zaɓen juri kafin shari'ar ta ƙare a cikin ciniki ba tare da alkalan sun tattauna ba. Zauren kotun da aka yi hakan dai shi ne wanda aka shirya gudanar da shari'ar laifukan Amurka da Trump a shekara ta 2024, wanda ya jawo damuwa daga wani masanin shari'a game da yadda Cannon zai yi amfani da takunkumin sararin samaniya.

Cannon ya saurari karar Trump da Amurka (2022), wanda ya fara a ranar 22 ga Agusta, 2022, lokacin da tsohon shugaban Amurka Donald Trump ya bukaci kotu da ta nada wani ubangida na musamman da zai duba kayan da aka kama a binciken da FBI ta yi wa Mar. a-Lago a farkon wannan watan. A ranar 27 ga watan Agusta, kafin sauraron gardama daga Ma'aikatar Shari'a, Cannon ta bayyana "nufin farko" na nada maigida na musamman. Kwanaki biyu bayan haka, Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta gaya wa Cannon cewa ta riga ta kammala nazarin abubuwan da za su iya faɗo ƙarƙashin damar lauya-abokin ciniki . ^[13]

A ranar 5 ga Satumba, 2022, Cannon ya amince da bukatar Trump na neman maigida na musamman don duba kayan da aka kama don gata na lauya-abokin ciniki da gata na zartarwa kuma ya umurci Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta daina amfani da kayan da aka kama a cikin bincikenta har sai an kammala bitar na musamman ko kuma har sai an kammala binciken. wani karin umarnin kotu. A cikin hukuncin da ta yanke, Cannon ta ba da misali da keɓancewar "ɓacin rai da ke da alaƙa da batun kamawa", tunda Trump tsohon shugaban ƙasa ne, da kuma yuwuwar "lalacewar mutunci" daga duk wani tuhume-tuhume na gaba dangane da "kadar da ya kamata a mayar da ita".

Masana shari'a, ciki har da farfesa a fannin shari'a na Jami'ar California Orin Kerr, Farfesa Farfesa na Jami'ar Texas Steve Vladeck, da Farfesa na Jami'ar George Mason Mark J. Rozell, sun nuna mamaki ga hukuncin Cannon ko kuma ya sami matsala. Daga karshe Law360 ya sanya sunan wannan shari'ar daya daga cikin "manyan shari'o'in da'a guda goma" na 2022, tare da Cannon "ya bayyana musamman game da bukatun Trump", kuma a cikin "rashin da ya dace", ta ba da damar yin amfani da damar zartarwa "don kare kariya. kayan aiki tsakanin sassa daban-daban na reshen zartarwa, wanda ke haifar da "kuka daga sassa daban-daban na kafa doka".

Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta yi kira ga Cannon da ya ba da izinin ci gaba da gudanar da bincikensu kan wasu takardu masu alama da aka kama kuma sun roki Cannon da ya kebe irin wadannan takardu daga nazarin babban jami'in, amma Cannon ya ki amincewa da hakan a ranar 15 ga Satumba kuma ya ki saboda "ci gaba da gaskiya da doka. rikice-rikice" don yarda da iƙirarin gwamnati na cewa an rarraba takaddun "ba tare da ƙarin nazarin wani ɓangare na uku ba". Wannan yana da mahimmanci musamman tunda lauyoyin Trump ba su yi iƙirarin ba a kowace kotu cewa an yi watsi da takardun. Bugu da ƙari, Cannon ya yi watsi da hujjar Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta cewa mallakar Trump na kayan yana da haɗarin "bayyana bayanan sirri ". Ta ba da misali da "leken asiri ga kafafen yada labarai bayan kama bayanan" na takardun, ba tare da bayyana ko wane tushe ne ke da alhakin leken asirin ba. ^[14]

A ranar 21 ga Satumba, 2022, da'irar ta goma sha ɗaya ta dakatar da wasu hukunce-hukuncen Cannon, inda ta ba da damar yin amfani da bayanan sirri kusan 100 a cikin binciken Ma'aikatar Shari'a tare da soke abin da ake buƙata don maigidan na musamman ya sake duba takaddun keɓaɓɓun. Kotun daukaka kara ta bayyana cewa a karkashin Cannon "kotun gundumar ta yi amfani da damarta wajen aiwatar da shari'ar da ta dace " a kan shari'ar musamman saboda hukuncin da Cannon ya yanke na cewa Trump "bai nuna cewa Amurka ta yi watsi da hakkinsa na tsarin mulki ba", wanda ya kasance. wani muhimmin abu a cikin ƙayyadaddun iko. Bugu da ƙari, yayin da Cannon ya yanke hukuncin cewa Trump yana da sha'awar wasu takardun da aka kama, kotun daukaka kara ta gano cewa hakan bai shafi takardun sirri ba kuma a karkashin Cannon "kotun gundumar ba ta ambaci" dalilin ko ta yaya Trump "zai iya ba. sha'awar mutum ko buƙatar takamaiman takaddun", wanda shine wani abu na ƙayyade ikon. ^[15] Kwamitin ya bayyana cewa "babu wata shaida da ke nuna cewa an bayyana wani daga cikin wadannan bayanan" kuma a kowane hali "hujjar bayyana sunan jajayen dabi'a ce" da ba ta tabbatar da "sha'awar Trump" a cikin takardun ba ko da an bayyana su. ^[15]

A ranar 29 ga Satumba, Cannon ya soke hanyoyin da maigidan na musamman da ta nada, babban alkalin tarayya Raymond Dearie ya gabatar, wanda kungiyar lauyoyin Trump suka zaba. Madadin haka, Cannon ya amince da ƙungiyar lauyoyin Trump kan batutuwa da yawa tare da tsara hanyoyin da suka haɗa da tsawaita wa'adin binciken.

A ranar 1 ga Disamba, da'irar goma sha ɗaya ta ba da umarnin yin watsi da shari'ar saboda Cannon "ya yi amfani da ikon da bai dace ba" a kai. Kotun ta sha daya ta bayyana cewa Trump na bukatar ya nuna cewa shari’ar ta cika dukkan ka’idoji hudu da aka yi wa gwajin Richey na samun daidaito kan shari’ar da aka kama amma ya kasa yin hakan ga wasu sharudda. Kotun ta sha daya ta gano cewa a karkashin Cannon "kotun gundumomi ta shiga da nata dalilin" sau da yawa don yin jayayya da goyon bayan Trump, wani lokacin ma ya dauki mukaman da Trump bai yi jayayya a gaban kotun daukaka kara ba. Kotun ta sha daya ta kuma gano cewa lokacin da Trump bai yi bayanin irin kayan da har yanzu yake bukatar dawo da su ba, ko kuma dalilin da ya sa, “kotun yankin ba ta da kayar baya da wannan rashin bayanin”. ^[16]

Jaridar National Law Journal ta rubuta cewa hukuncin na zagaye na goma sha daya "ya karanta a matsayin tsawatawa na" Cannon, tare da masanin shari'a na Jami'ar New York Peter M. Shane yayi sharhi cewa "[i] idan kotun daukaka kara ta gaya wa wata karamar kotu cewa za mu iya yarda da hukuncin ku kawai. ta hanyar cin amanar daya daga cikin ka'idojin kafa al'umma, wannan babban tsawatarwa ne." Farfesa Farfesa Samuel W. Buell na Makarantar Shari'a na Jami'ar Duke ya yi ra'ayi game da shari'ar da ta shafi gadon shari'a na Cannon, yana mai cewa "yana iya zama mafi girman shari'ar da take da shi a cikin aikinta, don haka ba zai tafi ba", amma "ra'ayin zagaye na goma sha ɗaya ya ce ta yi kuskure sosai". ^[17]

A ranar 8 ga Disamba, da'irar ta goma sha daya ta kawo karshen bita na musamman na masters kuma ta ba gwamnati damar yin amfani da kayan da ba a tantance ba a bincikenta. A ranar 12 ga Disamba, Cannon ya sa an kori karar Trump "saboda rashin hurumi", bayan da Kotun Koli ta sha daya ta umurce ta da ta yi watsi da ita.

Cannon ya kasance batun korafe-korafen da'a game da yadda ta gudanar da wannan shari'ar, amma an yi watsi da korafe-korafen a watan Disamba 2022 da babban alkalin alkalan zagaye na sha daya, William Pryor .

Cannon da ake zargin ya samu barazana a watan Satumban 2022. An tuhumi wata mata daga Houston da laifin barin saƙon murya na Cannon da ke bayyana cewa wanda ya kira shi "Mai bugu ne na Donald Trump, don haka ku ɗauke shi harsashi daga Donald Trump da kansa" kuma ya bayyana cewa "[y] kina taimaka masa, madam . .. An yi masa alamar kisan gilla kai ma”. Laifin zargin da aka yi wa matar na Houston ya bayyana cewa da alama tana fama da matsananciyar nakasar tunani tare da alamomin da suka hada da rudani da rudu. A ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 2024, matar ta amsa laifinta kuma tana daurin watanni 37 a gidan yari na tarayya. ^[18]

An nada Cannon a watan Yunin 2023 don sa ido kan shari'ar laifuka da ake yi wa tsohon shugaban kasa Donald Trump . Bayan binciken da jaridar New York Times ta yi, babban magatakarda na gundumar Kudancin Florida ya tabbatar da cewa aikin ba da gangan ba ne. ^{[19] [20]} Masana shari'a da yawa sun yi kira ga Cannon da ta janye kanta. ^[20] Stephen Gillers, farfesa na farko a Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar New York, ya yanke shawarar cewa Cannon ya kamata ya janye daga shari'ar aikata laifuka, saboda "za a iya tambayar rashin son kai da kyau", saboda kasancewarta "mai ban sha'awa ga Trump a matsayin tsohon shugaban kasa" a cikin shari'ar farar hula da ta gabata. Richard Painter, Norman Eisen da Fred Wertheimer, tsohon babban lauyoyin da'a na fadar White House da kuma mai ba da shawara na gwamnati mai kyau bi da bi, tare da yin kira ga Cannon ta recusal, suna yin la'akari da halinta a cikin shari'ar farar hula na baya, wanda suka bayyana a matsayin "kuskure na asali ... sun tafi da kyau a waje. al'adar shari'a kuma kotun daukaka kara ta soki lamirin." ^[20] Laurence Tribe, farfesa a Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard, ya yanke shawarar cewa "gwajin tarihi ... ya kamata ya zama, kuma ya kamata a gani ya kasance, ba tare da nuna son kai ba kuma yana da inganci", amma Cannon kasancewa alkali "zai jefa dogon inuwa a kan" gwaji. ^[20] Duk da haka, babu wata alama da ke nuna cewa Cannon za ta hakura, kuma nan da nan ta fara ba da umarni masu alaka da binciken shaidun da ke cikin shari'ar.

Wannan shari'ar ta laifuka ta samo asali ne daga binciken da ya yi game da yadda yake tafiyar da takardun gwamnati, wanda shine batun shari'ar farar hula da aka yi wa Trump wanda Cannon ya yi kwatsam a baya. A cikin watan Yuni 2023, The New York Times ta yi nazari kan bayanan da Bloomberg Law na Cannon ke kula da lamuran aikata laifuka a matsayin alkali na tarayya, inda ta gano cewa a gaban shari'ar laifukan Trump, ta jagoranci shari'o'in laifuka 224, wadanda shari'o'in laifuka hudu ne kawai aka kai gaban shari'a, tare da jimlar kwanaki 14 gwaji. Duk da haka Politico ta lura cewa shari'ar Carver da ke gudana, wanda aka tsara za a yi shari'a a watan Yuli 2023, ya ƙunshi nau'i-nau'i na shari'a da kuma hanyoyin da za a sa ran wannan shari'ar.

A ƙarshen Yuni 2023, Cannon ya yanke hukunci a kan Ma'aikatar Shari'a, tare da musanta buƙatar ta na a kiyaye shaidar shaidu 84 masu yuwuwa a ƙarƙashin hatimi. A cikin watan Agustan 2023, Cannon ya yanke hukuncin goyon bayan Trump kan batun yuwuwar rikice-rikice na sha'awa game da wanda ake kara mai kare Walt Nauta lauya Stanley Woodward na yiwuwar shaidu a shari'ar. Ta yi watsi da ra'ayin cewa ana buƙatar shigar da hatimi "don tattara bayanan sirri", inda masu gabatar da kara suka hatimce daga bayanan kotun. Madadin haka, Cannon ya umurci Woodward da masu gabatar da kara da su tattauna "daidaicin doka na yin amfani da babban juri na waje" don ci gaba da ayyuka a wannan shari'ar ta tarayya. Masana shari'a da yawa, ciki har da sanannen masanin tsarin mulki Harvard Farfesa Laurence Tribe, da kuma sanannen tsohon masu gabatar da kara na tarayya Andrew Weissmann da Joyce Vance, sun nuna cewa cancantar babban shari'ar ya kasance a bayyane, kuma tambayar Cannon game da cancantar su yana da ban tsoro. ^[21]

Bayan da kungiyar lauyoyin Trump a watan Satumba na 2023 suka nemi tsawaita shari'ar, Cannon ta jinkirta wani muhimmin sauraren shari'a kan Dokar Tsare-tsaren Watsa Labarai (CIPA) daga Oktoba 2023 zuwa Fabrairu 2024, yayin da ta kuma yanke hukuncin cewa za ta yi tunani ne kawai kan ci gaba da tsara jadawalin a ciki. Maris 2024. Yayin da masu gabatar da kara suka nemi sauraron karar na CIPA a watan Maris kuma kungiyoyin tsaro sun bukaci a watan Yuni, Cannon ya yanke shawarar a watan Afrilu cewa sabuwar ranar sauraron karar ta kasance a watan Mayu, amma lokacin da wannan ranar ta gabato, kungiyoyin kare sun sake neman jinkiri, don haka Cannon a watan Mayu ya ba da izinin. Bukatar kungiyoyin tsaro tun farko na sauraron karar CIPA na watan Yuni. Politico ya ruwaito cewa Cannon "ya gudanar da tsarin shari'a a cikin kwanciyar hankali wanda zai sa jinkirta [na shari'ar Mayu 2024] kusan babu makawa, a cewar masana kan tuhumar laifuka masu alaka da bayanan sirri"; Politico ya kara da cewa idan aka dage shari'ar zuwa bayan zaben shugaban kasar Amurka na 2024, Trump zai iya zama shugaban kasa sannan kuma za'a sa ran ya umarci ma'aikatar shari'a ta kawo karshen karar.

A cikin Fabrairun 2024, Cannon ya ba da izinin tawagar Trump don bayyana sunayen shaidu a cikin wannan harka da kuma bayyana shaidarsu a bainar jama'a; wannan ya sa masu gabatar da kara na gwamnati suka nemi Cannon da ya sake tunani, yana mai nuni da "gaggarumin hadari da barazana, tsoratarwa, da cin zarafi" wanda aka gani a wasu shari'o'in Trump. A cikin Maris 2024, wani mai shaida a cikin shari'ar ("Trump Employee 5") da kuma tsohon ma'aikacin Mar-a-Lago, Brian Butler, ya bayyana kansa a cikin wata hira da kafofin watsa labarai kuma ya ba da labarinsa game da lamarin, yana mai nuni da cewa a shirye-shiryen shirin Cannon. Yada sunayen shedun, gara ya ba da labarinsa da “jira kawai ya fito... Ina ganin gara a kalla a ce abin da ya faru da ya fito a labarai, mutane suna ce min mahaukaci. ki fita kawai." A cikin Afrilu 2024, Cannon ya amince da yin la'akari da sunayen masu yuwuwar shaida, amma ba maganganunsu ba, daga jama'a; Politico ta rubuta cewa ita ce "hukunce na baya-bayan nan wanda Cannon ya goyi bayan masu gabatar da kara a cikin wani ra'ayi wanda ke da matukar muhimmanci ga dabarun su", tare da Cannon yana sukar saurin masu gabatar da kara, bin ka'ida da kuma tushen dalilansu.

A cikin Maris 2024, Cannon ya musanta ba tare da nuna son kai ba yunƙurin da Trump ya yi na yin watsi da ƙarar. Ta rubuta cewa tawagar Trump ta tayar da "hujja iri-iri da ke ba da la'akari sosai", sannan ta nuna cewa muhawarar tawagar Trump game da Dokar Leken asirin da ba ta da tabbas a maimakon haka za a iya sake gabatar da su daga baya a cikin "haɗin kai tare da taƙaitaccen umarni". Bayan da tawagar Trump ta yi gardamar cewa dokar bayanan shugaban kasa ta ba Trump damar rike wasu takardu na sirri, Cannon ya umurci duka masu gabatar da kara da kuma tawagar Trump da su kirkiro umarnin juri game da Dokar Bayanan Shugaban Kasa, a wani mataki da ya dagula lauyoyi da tsoffin alkalai. Barbara McQuade, farfesa a fannin shari'a kuma tsohon mai gabatar da kara na tarayya, ya yanke shawarar cewa Dokar Rubutun Shugaban kasa "ba ta dace ba a nan ta kowace hanya, ba ta ba da kariya ba. Don ko da barin shi a yi jayayya a shari'a zai haifar da rudani ga juri "., yayin da tsohuwar alkali Nancy Gertner ta yi sharhi cewa umarnin Cannon ya kasance "mai matukar damuwa" saboda yana "ba da tabbaci ga muhawarar da ke kan fuskar su ta rashin hankali". ^[22] A watan Afrilun 2024, Cannon ya musanta wani kudurin da Trump ya gabatar na yin watsi da karar, yana mai cewa "Dokar Shugabancin Kasa ba ta ba da wani dalili na shari'a ba don yin watsi da shi", yayin da ya yi suka a matsayin "wanda ba a taba gani ba kuma rashin adalci" bukatar masu gabatar da kara na ta yin karin haske. akan ko umarnin alkalan nata zai hada da dokar bayanan shugaban kasa.

Bayan sauraron karar Maris 2024 kan jinkirta shari'ar Mayu 20, 2024, Cannon ya ɗauki har zuwa Mayu 7, 2024, don fitar da sabuntawa kan lamarin. Cannon ya yanke hukuncin dage shari'ar har abada, yana mai nuni da wasu al'amura da yawa kafin a fara shari'ar don sasantawa. ^{[23] [24]} Ta amince da bukatar Trump na a yi zaman shari'a a gaban shari'a kan dacewar nadin lauyan na musamman da kuma yuwuwar fadada amincewa da karin hukumomin gwamnati a matsayin wani bangare na tuhumar, wanda zai ba Trump damar gudanar da binciken a kansu. Cannon ya tsara ayyukan gabanin gwaji don ci gaba har zuwa Yuli 22, 2024, da farko. "Ba abu mai wuyar gaske cewa za a yi gwaji kafin Nuwamba", in ji tsohon lauyan CIA Brian Greer, wanda aikinsa ya mayar da hankali kan abubuwan da aka keɓance.

A wannan lokacin, The Guardian ya bayyana cewa Cannon ya "ba da fifiko ga Trump da tawagarsa ta lauyoyi, yana ba da kusan duk wani kari da suka nema da kuma nishadantar da mafi girman ka'idojin tsaronsa, koda kuwa sun kasance ba tare da wani misali ba a shari'o'in Dokar Leken asiri". A halin da ake ciki kuma, jaridar The New York Times ta bayyana cewa Cannon ya “yi maganin muhawarar da da yawa, idan ba mafi yawa ba, da alkalan gwamnatin tarayya sun yi watsi da su a hannu. Sau da yawa, amincewarta da ikirarin da Mista Trump ya yi ba bisa ka’ida ba ya haifar da tsaiko sosai wajen gabatar da tuhume-tuhumen. shari'ar bayanan sirri a gaban alkalai The Washington Post ya rubuta cewa yayin da "gaskiya na shari'ar ba su goyon bayan tsohon shugaban kasa Donald Trump", "Cannon ya maimaita matsayin Trump", kuma idan "akwai alkali. wanda ke matukar son jinkirta shari'ar Trump a Florida… ba a bayyana abin da watakila suka yi daban ba."

Yayin da Donald Trump ya ci gaba da yin Allah wadai da yawancin alkalan da ke jagorantar shari'o'insa, ciki har da Tanya Chutkan, Arthur Engoron da Juan Merchan, bai soki Cannon ba. Madadin haka, Trump ya bayyana Cannon a matsayin "wanda ake mutuntawa sosai", "mai hankali sosai", kuma "mai karfi mai shari'a". Jaridar Washington Post ta bayyana a watan Mayu 2024 cewa "Magoya bayan Trump suna yaba hukuncin Cannon a matsayin masu hikima na musamman" kuma "masu bin kungiyar QAnon sun yi bikin ta". ^[25] Wani bincike da kamfanin dillancin labaran reuters ya gudanar ya gano cewa yayin da Cannon ke shan suka a kan shafukan yanar gizo na masu ra'ayin hagu, wannan bai hada da kiraye-kirayen tashin hankali ba, wanda ya bambanta da kiran da magoya bayan Trump suka yi na tashin hankali ko barazanar kisa ga alkalan da Trump ya soki.

Bayan da Trump a cikin imel ɗin tara kuɗi ya yi iƙirarin cewa yayin harin Mar-a-lago, "An ba Biden's DOJ izini ya harbe ni!" kuma Biden ya kasance "a kulle kuma an ɗora shi don fitar da ni", masu gabatar da kara sun nemi a ba da umarni ga Trump game da tilasta bin doka. ^[26] Cannon a cikin Mayu 2024 ya amsa ta hanyar musanta bukatar masu gabatar da kara kuma a maimakon haka ya zargi masu gabatar da kara da cewa "ba su da cikakkiyar masaniya da ladabi" yayin tattaunawa da kungiyar tsaro.

A ranar 20 ga Yuni, 2024, The New York Times ta ruwaito cewa jim kadan bayan an ba da shari’ar, wasu alkalan tarayya biyu a Kudancin Florida, ciki har da babban alkali, Cecilia Altonaga, a asirce, sun bukaci Cannon da ya yi watsi da karar kuma ya mika ta ga wasu malaman fikihu. Koyaya, Cannon bai ɗauki shawararsu ba. ^[27] An shawarci Cannon ta musamman da ta tura karar zuwa ga wani masanin shari'a a Miami, inda suka riga sun sami ingantaccen wurin adanawa da sake duba takaddun masu mahimmanci, amma ta ƙi, don haka dole ne a gina sabon wurin a Fort Pierce, a masu biyan haraji. 'kudi. ^[27]

A ranar 15 ga Yuli, 2024, Cannon ya yi watsi da karar da ake yi wa Trump, yana mai yanke hukuncin cewa "Nadin na musamman Smith ya saba wa Jigon nadi na Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Amurka", tare da hujjar da ta yi kama da na Kotun Koli ta Clarence Thomas a cikin shari'ar da ta shafi lokaci mai tsawo. Trump. Wata shawarar da ta gayyato bincike mai zurfi daga masu sharhi kan shari'a da sauran jama'a, korar ta haifar da kiraye-kirayen Monica Lewinsky ga Majalisa don tsige Cannon. ^{[28] [29]}

Cannon ya auri shugaban gidan cin abinci Josh Lorence a cikin 2008. Suna da yara biyu kuma suna zaune a Vero Beach, Florida, kamar na 2022. ^[2] Cannon ɗan Republican ne mai rijista. ^[2] Ta ba da gudummawar $100 ga yakin neman zaben gwamna na Ron DeSantis a cikin 2018. ^[2]

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