Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves to supporters lined along on the route to his Mar-a-Lago estate on January 20, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves to supporters lined along on the route to his Mar-a-Lago estate on January 20, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
  • All eyes are onJudge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the first pretrial hearing Tuesday in the DOJ's prosecution of Donald Trump.
  • Cannon, a Trump nominee, baffled legal experts when she granted Trump's request for a special master to review documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last year.
  • She previously ruled in a case involving Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

All eyes are on US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the first pretrial hearing on Tuesday in the Justice Department's prosecution of former President Donald Trump.