Is Trump Planning to Use Judge Aileen Cannon to Dodge Justice Once Again? Ex-Prosecutor Weighs In

In a column for MSNBC, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner claimed it is all but certain that Donald Trump will immediately seek to oust special counsel Jack Smith if he wins re-election in less than two weeks, but that e will run up against a law that prohibits him from personally interfering.

With that in mind, he stated that, with the Supreme Court giving him almost complete immunity, he may proceed by nominating Judge Aileen Cannon to be his attorney general with an understanding that she will do his dirty work for him if she clears Senate approval.

Citing Richard Nixon’s notorious “Saturday Night Massacre” aimed at getting him off the hook following the Watergate break-in, Kirschner wrote that the former president would need a cut-out to rid himself of Smith and Cannon seems the most logical candidate to commence a DOJ purge.

Noting that the Trump-appointed Cannon dismissed federal charges against the former president for unlawful retention of government documents ––with an appeal underway –– Kirschner wrote “It’s fair to say that Trump hit the jackpot by having Cannon preside over and dismissing his criminal case. He certainly thinks so: though Trump has relentlessly and often viciously criticized virtually all other judges who are presiding over his criminal and civil cases, he has praised Cannon effusively every step of the way.”

Should Cannon find herself heading up the DOJ, Kirschner predicted she will become a willing instrument of Trump’s ” retribution ” campaign.

“Let’s assume Trump nominates Cannon to be attorney general and she is confirmed by the Senate. Trump likely won’t even have to tell Cannon to fire Smith, because, in substance, she already has. Trump would be able to avoid the messy ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ debacle that was part of Nixon’s downfall,” he wrote.

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