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Brennan Seeks Intervention in Trump's Judge Assignment Controversy

12/22/2025

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Former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan filed a request on December 22, 2025, to stop the Justice Department from assigning an investigation into President Trump's political adversaries to Florida judge Aileen M. Cannon.
Brennan's lawyer, Kenneth L. Wainstein, argued this assignment would breach prosecutorial ethics and urged Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga to intervene.
Wainstein cited a pattern of bias in Cannon's rulings as the basis for the request.
The Justice Department and the judges involved did not comment on the matter.

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Former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan filed a request on December 22, 2025, to stop the Justice Department from assigning an investigation into President Trump's political adversaries to Florida judge Aileen M. Cannon.
Brennan's lawyer, Kenneth L. Wainstein, argued this assignment would breach prosecutorial ethics and urged Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga to intervene.
Wainstein cited a pattern of bias in Cannon's rulings as the basis for the request.
The Justice Department and the judges involved did not comment on the matter.