Top Judge Blocks Complaints Against Trump Judge Aileen Cannon

Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. instructed the circuit court’s clerk to stop accepting new complaints against Judge Aileen Cannon.

(Left) U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon. (Right) Special counsel Jack Smith. U.S. Southern District of Florida; Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has blocked complaints against the judge overseeing one of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases.

Chief Judge William Pryor Jr., in a newly released order dated May 22, instructed the circuit court’s clerk to stop accepting new complaints against U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon after the clerk was flooded with complaints.