After 1,000 Complaints in One Week, the Court No Longer Accepts ‘orchestrated’ Objections Criticizing the Judge in Trump’s Florida Case

A federal appeals court has decided that it would no longer consider complaints that appear to be part of a “orchestrated campaign” against Aileen Cannon, the judge who is presiding over the federal criminal case against Donald Trump in the state of Florida.

Since May 16, 2024, the clerk has received more than one thousand complaints “that raise allegations that are similar to the allegations raised in previous complaints,” according to the decision that was issued on May 22 by the 11th Circuit Judicial Council, which is responsible for overseeing the lower courts in the state of Florida. The court clerk was given an order by the council to cease accepting complaints of a similar nature.

There is a lack of clarity regarding the specific cause of the influx of complaints that occurred after May 16! During the course of the previous month, Cannon made the decision to postpone the beginning of the trial in the Trump case, in which he is being accused of improperly handling confidential documents forever.

It was stated in the judgment of the judicial council that there were multiple complaints lodged against Cannon in the case involving confidential materials that “question the correctness of her rulings or her delays in issuing rulings.” Those objections included assertions that Cannon had an “improper motive in delaying the case,” according to the ruling. These allegations were “unsupported by any evidence.”

Other concerns demanded that Chief Judge William Pryor of the 11th Circuit Court remove Cannon from the case involving classified documents. However, the judicial council stated that neither he nor the council were able to take such a step.

Several of the complaints have been taken under consideration by Pryor, and according to the ruling, they have been dismissed because they did not present adequate evidence that any misconduct had occurred on the part of Cannon.