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Bolo Boffin

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Tue Sep 17, 2024, 01:40 PM Sep 2024

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket [View all]

Source: ProPublica

Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.

Cannon went to an event in Arlington, Va. honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, according to documents obtained from the Law and Economics Center at George Mason University. At a lecture and private dinner, she sat among members of Scalia’s family, fellow Federalist Society members and more than 30 conservative federal judges. Organizers billed the event as “an excellent opportunity to connect with judicial colleagues.”

A 2006 rule, intended to shine a light on judges’ attendance at paid seminars that could pose conflicts or influence decisions, requires them to file disclosure forms for such trips within 30 days and make them public on the court’s website.

It’s not the first time she has failed to fully comply with the rule.

Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures



Loose Cannon is mucking about again...
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I'm shocked, shocked! Ray Bruns Sep 2024 #1
You know the adage better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission? Tadpole Raisin Sep 2024 #2
Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up! Think. Again. Sep 2024 #3
Who is surprised by this LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #4
Delleyed post after looking it up.NT Dem_in_Nebr. Sep 2024 #5
She delayed posting Sage Lodge trips, but she didn't disclose this trip at all. SunSeeker Sep 2024 #11
"judges do not realize"??? We are supposed to trust these robed ones niyad Sep 2024 #15
Would this help? :-) ;-) usaf-vet Sep 2024 #13
Fire the Cannon....if only. yorkster Sep 2024 #6
can this be used to freaking get this horribly corrupt judge off this critical case? LymphocyteLover Sep 2024 #7
Merely proving her qualifications to be a republican nominee for the Supreme Court! Mysterian Sep 2024 #8
Another one? 2naSalit Sep 2024 #9
Federalist Society member judges are not conservative judges. Trust_Reality Sep 2024 #10
They're also slaves to the Puppetmasters FakeNoose Sep 2024 #20
She is corrupt scum. SunSeeker Sep 2024 #12
So what happens now? ShazzieB Sep 2024 #14
Not much. Quite a few judges fail to timely file these reports onenote Sep 2024 #22
Not exactly late breaking news since NPR reported it 4 1/2 months ago. n/t 24601 Sep 2024 #36
Holy shit!! You know what this means will happen? Scalded Nun Sep 2024 #16
She is so compromised. She is single-handedly undermining the fairness of he judicial process. Baitball Blogger Sep 2024 #17
here i go with the if dems did that ,, ohm myyyyy!. AllaN01Bear Sep 2024 #18
Actually several dozen judges have failed to timely file onenote Sep 2024 #19
Why not? They are never disciplined travelingthrulife Sep 2024 #33
Why this drop-dead corrupt moron of a judge is allowed to keep her job is a mystery... jvill Sep 2024 #21
again, rules don't apply to republicans samsingh Sep 2024 #23
Sadly, its not just r-appointed judges that ignore their reporting requirements onenote Sep 2024 #34
The Best of the worst Judiciary money can lie onto the bench. StClone Sep 2024 #24
I'm sure she just forgot RANDYWILDMAN Sep 2024 #25
Not much can be done about this type of news. BUT bluestarone Sep 2024 #26
She was coached to kick the can down the road until... GreenWave Sep 2024 #27
A crooked judge? LilElf70 Sep 2024 #28
She forgot she's not on the Supreme Court - yet. TomSlick Sep 2024 #29
Questions: Will it matter? Is there a "law" that is enforceable re this shite? Will anyone do anything? NotHardly Sep 2024 #30
Oh, horrors, horrors. So what is going to happen, republianmushroom Sep 2024 #31
Put her on the SCROTUS , she'll fit right in. Hassler Sep 2024 #32
Cannon Ladythatvotesblue Sep 2024 #35
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