Remember, "we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges” so when this judge rules against FBI/DOJ, don't want to hear any complaining about her being ultra-MAGA https://t.co/1272baIfFn
— William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) September 1, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The buzz looks like the Judge is still leaning towards a special master...
Apparently the Judge went so far as to stop the DOJ attorney and remind him to not describe the documents as classified, but rather "marked classified". Opps!
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A federal judge put off ruling on Trump's request for a special master and said she needs more time to consider.But she elected to unseal some additional records related to the Mar-a-Lago search.Judge Aileen Cannon said she would unseal a status report about the DOJ's investigation and a more detailed inventory list of items the FBI seized.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon heard arguments Thursday related to former President Donald Trump's request that a special master be appointed to sift through and filter out any materials seized in the Mar-a-Lago search that could be privileged.
After the nearly two-hour hearing, Cannon said she would not yet rule on Trump's request and wanted to take more time to consider national security and privilege issues raised by the Justice Department and the former president's defense lawyers.
But she did rule to unseal a status report from the team investigating Trump's handling of national security information, as well as a more detailed inventory list of items the FBI seized from its Mar-a-Lago search.
Cannon kept under seal a status report from the filter team responsible for sifting through materials seized from Mar-a-Lago after lawyers for both Trump and the government agreed that the document should remain out of the public view.
Chris Kise, who recently joined Trump's defense team, had argued that the judge was in a "challenging" and "unique position" to "help restore public confidence" in the DOJ. He added that the "temperature is very high on both sides," and there's also a "significant lack of trust between both parties."
Kise also downplayed the legal and national security risks of Trump moving records from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, saying the documents were stored "at a location that was used frequently during his time in office."
James Trusty, another defense attorney on Trump's team who previously served as a federal prosecutor, said it was "extraordinary" for the government to push back on the appointment of a special master.
Trusty also referenced the DOJ's argument that the appointment of a special master would "significantly harm" the US's national security interests given the sensitivity of the documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago..
She's very likely to give Trump his pleasure
She's very likely to rule against Trump.
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