Trump-appointed judge assigned to indictment case

A Trump-appointed federal judge is set to oversee the former president’s criminal case on felony charges. U-S District Judge Aileen Cannon reportedly has been assigned to the Trump case and could preside over the former president’s first appearance in a Miami courtroom on Tuesday. Cannon has issued rulings favorable to Trump and expressed repeated skepticism of Justice Department positions. Last year she was criticized for allowing a special master to conduct an independent review of the classified documents seized from Trump’s Florida property. That ruling was eventually overturned.