You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Government Corruption
Judge authorizes special master to review Trump Mar-a-Lago raid documents, temporarily blocks DOJ using records for probe
2022-09-05
[CNBC]
  • A federal judge authorized the appointment of a special master to review records seized from President Donald Trump’s Florida residence by the FBI in a raid last month.

  • That independent third party will examine "the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege," the judge wrote.

  • Trump had asked for a special master to be appointed weeks after the Aug. 8 raid of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.

  • The search found more than 10,000 government documents, a number of which were highly classified.
Judge Aileen Cannon at the same time temporarily blocked the Department of Justice from reviewing or using the seized material for investigative purposes, until the special master’s examination of the documents is completed, or until a further court order.

That independent third party will examine “the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege,” Cannon wrote in her order in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Cannon said her order would not impede an ongoing review of classified documents found at Trump’s residence and the assessment of any possible damage on U.S. intelligence by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

The judge, who was appointed by Trump, in her ruling nodded at the fact that the Aug. 8 raid at Mar-a-Lago was the first time that law enforcement authorities had ever searched the residence of a former president as part of a criminal probe of that person.

As Trump’s lawyers argued at a court hearing last week, Cannon wrote, “the investigation and treatment of a former president is of unique interest to the general public, and the country is served best by an orderly
process that promotes the interest and perception of fairness.”

Cannon ordered the DOJ and Trump’s lawyers to confer and jointly submit a list of proposed special master candidates by Friday. She also told them to outline what they believe should be the special master’s duties and limitations, as well as the watchdog’s compensation.
Related:
Special master: 2022-09-01 Republican Establishment Attorneys Connected to Bush and Romney File Brief in Support of FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago
Special master: 2022-08-31 OAN's Chanel Rion Lays Out How Donald Trump Can Take Down EVERYONE in the FBI Involved in the Mar-a-Lago Raid
Special master: 2022-08-30 Court grants DOJ request for lengthy rebuttal to Trump special master request
Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed

#2  temporarily blocked the Department of Justice from reviewing or using the seized material for investigative purposes

Oh they have all been copied by now. I expect "unconnected" arrests and raids 4-6 months from now on people connected to those documents.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-09-05 22:30  

#1  Perhaps a "Special Mistress" might preside instead...




No, on second thought Garland may like this too much...
Posted by: Chuckles Gluting9655   2022-09-05 19:31  

00:00