The Supreme Court's decision to grant Trump immunity over "official acts" may have portended the decision by Cannon, who approved Trump's request to delay the trial so that the ruling could be evaluated. She then cited Judge Clarence Thomas three times in her own ruling to dismiss the indictment.

Today, Judge Aileen Cannon answered that call. In a shocking opinion, Cannon threw out Smith’s separate case against Trump for allegedly hiding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and attempting to thwart an investigation into the matter. Smith, Cannon concluded, was not appointed or funded according to the rules laid out in the Constitution.