ABC News reported Tuesday that a “proposed personnel roster circulating within Donald Trump’s campaign and transition operation” lists the Trump-appointed judge, who dismissed the documents case in July, “as a possible candidate for attorney general.” NBC News and MSNBC haven’t confirmed the report, which cited “sources familiar with the matter.”
But if it’s true, then it could break new ground, even for a Trump appointment. Trump would be potentially nominating a relatively inexperienced judge, confirmed in the waning days of his first presidency, who handled the documents case bizarrely and ultimately dismissed it in his favor. That dismissal is currently on appeal before a federal court that previously smacked down Cannon’s Trump-friendly handling of litigation around the Mar-a-Lago search, before Trump was charged. That episode raised concerns about her handling of the prosecution after Trump was charged, and her handling of the case since then has vindicated those concerns.