Accountability file

Record & events

• investigation: government to pause using materials seized from Trump's private club and residence in its investigation and granted Trump's request for a special master to review the material. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Cannon then dismissed Trump's lawsuit per orders from the Eleventh Circuit. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: Following Trump's indictment in June 2023, Cannon oversaw a federal criminal case against Trump. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: In July 2024, she dismissed the case entirely, ruling that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment was unconstitutional. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: In one case in 2011, Cannon defended the former leader of the fixed income desk of Thomas Weisel Partners, before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; the former leader was cleared of fraud in the case. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: As a federal prosecutor, Cannon worked in the major crimes division, which included working on drug, firearm, and immigration cases, then moved to the appellate division, working on convictions and sentencings. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: In 2018, Cannon was part of the prosecution that won an appellate case involving Mutual Benefits Corporation's former lawyer Anthony Livoti Jr., reaffirming his 10-year sentence for fraud related to insurance investment. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Rothstein, which allowed prosecutors to withdraw support for reducing his 50-year sentence for a Ponzi scheme. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: As a prosecutor, Cannon helped secure convictions for 41 defendants, of which four convictions were from jury trials. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Notable cases It was reported in June 2021 that Cannon ordered Swiss cement company LafargeHolcim to reach a settlement to compensate an American family under the Helms-Burton Act for using the family's property in Cuba, which had been s… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: In the case of Christopher Tavorris Wilkins, a 34-year-old man from Palm Beach Gardens who, in court, threw a chair at and threatened to kill a federal prosecutor, Cannon in April 2022 added six and a half years of imprisonment to his ex… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: In the case of Paul Vernon Hoeffer, a 60-year-old man from Palm Beach Gardens who pleaded guilty to making death threats against three Democrats: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and prosecutor … (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: In the case of Juan Antonio Garcia, a 31-year-old former Sewall's Point police officer, Cannon in July 2022 sentenced him to 25 years in federal prison, a further 20 years of supervision, and a $10,000 fine for soliciting sex from a teen… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Sentencing guidelines imposed a range of between 15 years in prison to a life sentence, while federal prosecutors requested over 30 years imprisonment. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: Carver, Cannon has presided over a complex, multi-defendant health care fraud case in which she has had to rule on issues of attorney-client privilege, defense attempts to suppress evidence or have charges dismissed, and motions to limit… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: She sentenced Routh to life imprisonment on February 4, 2026. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: United States (2022), which began on August 22, 2022, when former US president Donald Trump asked the court to appoint a special master to review materials seized during the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago earlier that month. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: On September 5, 2022, Cannon granted Trump's request for a special master to review the seized materials for attorney-client privilege and executive privilege and ordered the Justice Department to stop using the seized material in its in… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: In her ruling, Cannon cited exceptional "stigma associated with the subject seizure", since Trump was a former president, as well as the potential for great "reputational harm" from any future indictment based on "property that ought to … (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: The Justice Department had appealed to Cannon to allow their investigation into seized classified-marked documents to continue and had appealed to Cannon to exempt such documents from the special master's review, but Cannon rejected this… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: On September 21, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit stayed portions of Cannon's ruling, allowing around 100 classified documents to be used in the Justice Department's investigation and rescinding the requirement for the special master to review… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.618Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: On December 1, the Eleventh Circuit ordered the case to be dismissed because Cannon "improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction" over it. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: On December 8, the Eleventh Circuit ended the special master's review and permitted the government to use non-classified seized material in its investigation. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: On December 12, Cannon had Trump's case "dismissed for lack of jurisdiction", after the Eleventh Circuit instructed her to dismiss. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Cannon was the subject of ethics complaints over her handling of this case, but the complaints were dismissed in December 2022 by the Eleventh Circuit's chief judge, William Pryor. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: A woman from Houston was charged for allegedly leaving Cannon voicemails that stated that the caller was "Donald Trump's hitman, so consider it a bullet from Donald Trump himself" and also stated that "[y]ou’re helping him, ma’am ... (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: On February 9, 2024, the woman pleaded guilty and was subject to 37 months in federal prison. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: This criminal case arose from the investigation into his handling of government documents, which was the subject of a civil case against Trump that Cannon coincidentally previously presided over. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: She rejected the notion that sealed filings were required "to comport with grand jury secrecy", striking two sealed filings by prosecutors from the court record. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: Instead, Cannon instructed Woodward and prosecutors to discuss "the legal propriety of using an out-of-district grand jury proceeding" to continue actions in this federal case. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: Several legal experts, including notable constitutional scholar Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe, as well as notable former federal prosecutors Andrew Weissmann and Joyce Vance, indicated that the propriety of the grand jury proceedings … (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: In March 2024, Cannon denied without prejudice an attempt by Trump to dismiss the case. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: In April 2024, Cannon denied another motion by Trump to dismiss the case, stating that "the Presidential Records Act does not provide a pre-trial basis to dismiss", while criticizing as "unprecedented and unjust" the prosecutors' request… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Cannon ruled to indefinitely postpone the trial, citing many pre-trial matters to settle. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• charge: Trump's unorthodox claims have resulted in significant delays in bringing the charges in the classified documents case in front of a jury. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: A Reuters investigation found that while Cannon received public criticism on left-leaning websites, this did not include calls for violence, which is contrasted with Trump supporters' calls for violence or death threats against judges th… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• investigation: After Trump in fundraising emails claimed that during the Mar-a-Lago raid, "Biden's DOJ was authorized to shoot me!" and that Biden was "locked & loaded ready to take me out", prosecutors requested for a gag order on Trump pertaining to … (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: On July 15, 2024, Cannon dismissed the case against Trump, ruling that "Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution", with a rationale mirroring that of Supreme Court Justice Cla… (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Another decision that invited intense scrutiny from legal commentators and the general public alike, the dismissal incited calls from Monica Lewinsky for Congress to impeach Cannon. (as of 2026-07-18T01:50:52.619Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]