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Monday, February 23, 2026

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, granted a request from the Republican president to keep under wraps the report on a criminal investigation once seen as posing significant legal peril to Trump.

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NEW: Judge Aileen Cannon rules to prevent the release of former special counsel Jack Smith's report into Trump's alleged mishandling of classified government documents www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c ...

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-- Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) Feb 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM

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The woman needs to be impeached.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-23 11:27 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Ya'll must mean future Supreme Court Justice Aileen Cannon... you know to replace Alito.

She's like GMax; she knows how to get what she wants from the Stable Jackass.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-23 11:37 AM | Reply

Quelle surprise.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-23 12:05 PM | Reply

Headline should read: FEDERAL JUDGE BLATENTLY USES RULING TO BUY SOON TO BE VACATED SEAT ON SUPREME COURT

#4 | Posted by danni at 2026-02-23 12:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I wonder if she'll have the decency to resign when she eventually gets caught taking bribes.

#5 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-02-23 07:38 PM | Reply

DARDVADER

It's like CORKY said.

Cannon still thinks Trump is going to show his gratitude by appointing her to the U.S. Supreme Court.

But there's only 8 months to go before he loses support in the Senate and she can't get confirmed. Plus, Alito has to be the sacrificial goat.

Trump is walking a fine line and daylight's burning.

#6 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-24 03:49 AM | Reply

I have a doubt. I doubt that even if Alito resigned today Trump would still not be able to browbeat enough Republican Senators to confirm Judge Cannon.

Some who can are already jumping ship because of Trump's declining approval numbers . . . at last report have dropped into the teens.

Just a thought.

#7 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-24 05:54 AM | Reply

Actually, I think when Alito resigns it will be Vance who will be nominated/appointed to the Supreme Court so that Rubio can be VP and then President when Trump resigns. President Rubio can both pardon all of the Trump gang, and also help the Republican Party actually not be decimated in the 2028 elections.
Time will tell.

#8 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-24 08:12 AM | Reply

News flash for "Boom Boom" Cannon: you will never be nominated or appointed to any other judicial position. Trump has used you up, and has no further need for you. Get that idea about joining SCOTUS out of your little mind...

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2026-02-24 08:15 AM | Reply

#9
Squeezed dry, of no further use, time to pick up that swag bag.

(Reference "Donald Trump Sends Venezuelan Opposition Leader Away with Trump-Branded Swag Bag After She Hands over Her Nobel Peace Prize" at people.com for a lovely photo of a Trump-branded quid pro quo.)

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-02-24 08:20 AM | Reply

Trump does have a history of using and abusing his most ardent female supporters. Her fate may be determined on whether Jack Smith can get her ruling overturned on appeal by the 11th Circuit. The odds are Smith will succeed, based on Cannen's opinion that Jack Sith's appointment as Special Council was unconstitutional and therefore, illegal.

If Cannon gets overturned that's the point when Trump will throw her on the scrap heap. Maybe not immediately but, esentially, her career will be in the dumpster.

If you all recall, Trump doesn't like losers.

#11 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-24 08:58 AM | Reply

How do you spell corruption?

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#12 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-24 09:44 AM | Reply

NIXON

How do you spell PROOF?

Rumors, inuendo and personal opinions about a promise of a seat on the Supreme Court won't hold up in court.

It's going to take a majority with a conscience in the Senate to rid the judicial system of this miscreant. If Trump nominates Cannon, the Senate has the only personal opinion that counts.

#13 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-24 12:15 PM | Reply

You're 100% right Twin.

But proof has never mattered in the court of public opinion. Who needs verifiable facts when someone "just knows?"

#14 | Posted by qcp at 2026-02-24 01:55 PM | Reply

Just in time for consideration to replace the retiring Alito.
Coincidence?

#15 | Posted by morris at 2026-02-24 02:38 PM | Reply

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