 Cannon's ruling conflicts with past precedent in which judges have previously upheld the constitutionality of special counsels. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging special counsel Jack Smith to appeal and is demanding the case be assigned to a different judge. The White House briefs the press following an assassination attempt on former President Trump at that Pennsylvania rally over the weekend. Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas joined the briefing announcing protection for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,