Aileen Mercedes Cannon
Lawyer and United States District Judge
#24 in Justices today
Judge Aileen Cannon has a net worth of $8 million USD. In addition to the $200k salary she earns as a Judge, Cannon makes hundreds of thousands of dollars through real estate deals and business profits.
Reports suggest that, Cannon’s husband Josh Lorence worked for Florida based New York mobster John Rosatti, who happens to be Donald Trump’s lifelong friend and current contributor.
Cannon’s husband worked as a senior executive at Rosatti’s BurgerFi, a hamburger chain with branches in Saudi Arabia, owned by the mafia boss. He reportedly funneled millions to a famous Preacher.
Cannon’s husband earns millions through lobbying and government construction contracts. In partnership with Fox News anchor Dana Perino’s husband Peter McMahon, he runs a successful cybersecurity company too.
Trump appointee Judge Cannon issued a bizarre order indefinitely delaying Trumpโs trial for mishandling classified national security documents.
Itโs the culmination of months of foot-dragging by Cannon that looks deliberate and incompetent.
Suspicious Transactions
Legally, Justices are not supposed to have any source of income other than their salary, exceeding $30,000. A clever way to bypass this $30k limit is to accept gifts in Kind, similar to what Clearance Thomas did.
For example, there have been reports that Cannon and her husband received free Private Jet travel sponsored by a rich Hollywood director, in return for a legal favor related to a case against him regarding an illicit affair.
Cannon’s Assets
Judge Cannon owns multiple real estate properties in and around Florida. For example, In 2023, she bought a luxury property in Miami for $1.2 million, which happens to be much lower than the market price.
The property was sold to Cannon by a Republican donor. She and her husband owns six such properties in the State of Florida.
Controversy
Judge Cannon approved Jack Smith’s redactions but is “very disappointed” in him for asking for them.
She also DENIED Trump’s proposed redactions but is granting him a merits hearing on them in another motion.
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Cannon has unsealed a lot documents relating to the Mar-a-Lago raid. The biggest news from that is that the Biden Administration authorized the FBI to use deadly force.
Judge Cannon is not, as commentators and cartoonists would have it, just working on behalf of Trump.
She is actively working on behalf of the enemies of the US who have and would benefit from the national security breaches she is effectively defending and making more likely.