U.S. District Judge from the Southern District of Florida, Aileen M. Cannon, has ordered a special master to “review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendations thereon, and evaluate claims for return of property,” related to the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. [pdf Ruling Here]
There are interesting aspects outlined within the 24-page ruling that deconstruct the position of the Dept of Justice and media, including a footnote [fn5] stating Trump lawyers asked for a special master appointment on the morning after the raid.
Within the ruling [pg 9] Judge Cannon outlines the issues at the heart of the legal matter, including the government taking President Trump’s personal medical records which has nothing to do with the nature of the warrant.
“According to the Privilege Review Team’s Report, the seized materials include medical documents, correspondence related to taxes, and accounting information. … The Government also has acknowledged that it seized some “[p]ersonal effects without evidentiary value” and, by its own estimation, upwards of 500 pages of material potentially subject to attorney-client privilege.”
The DOJ was previously questioned in court about justice dept leaks to media creating an unfair and prejudicial bias against President Trump. The DOJ lawyers denied leaking yet admitted the media reports were evidence that someone within the organization was leaking information to the media, thereby creating a framework of public opinion the defendant cannot easily refute. Cannon writes:
“the Court takes into account the undeniably unprecedented nature of the search of a former President’s residence; Plaintiff’s inability to examine the seized materials in formulating his arguments to date; Plaintiff’s stated reliance on the customary cooperation between former and incumbent administrations regarding the ownership and exchange of documents; the power imbalance between the parties; the importance of maintaining institutional trust; and the interest in ensuring the integrity of an orderly process amidst swirling allegations of bias and media leaks.”
Judge Cannon also cited examples of the DOJ review team failing in their duty to separate attorney-client privilege material.
In appointing the special master, Judge Cannon pauses the government from continuing to exploit the documents seized, writing, “Furthermore, in natural conjunction with that appointment, and consistent with the value and sequence of special master procedures, the Court also temporarily enjoins the Government from reviewing and using the seized materials for investigative purposes pending completion of the special master’s review or further Court order.” The order, though, “shall not impede the classification review and/or intelligence assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“ODNI”) as described in the Government’s Notice of Receipt of Preliminary Order.”
[LINK to Pdf of Ruling]
[ Court Ruling – Trump Special Master 1 ]
We always knew this was about trying Trump in the media and that the corporate media scum would be more than willing to do the government’s bidding.
Yes, its “muh russia” what is it now, 6.0?
Doesn’t work, HASN’T worked, WON’T work, and the time for truth to catch up to the lie and kick its butt, has gone from years to months.
They are NOT operating from confidence, and impunity. If they WERE, they ‘would not CARE’ if the crossfire hurricane documents are made public.
They are operating from DESPERATION, and calling the same play, over and over, because THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
And, just as with every previous time they have tried this, it is ultimately counter-productive.
PDJT’s support INCREASES, theirs DECREASES, their credibility takes a major hit, and the Uniparty strategy is further exposed.
Dutchman, you nailed it. And, as the polls continue to decline for China Joe and the D RATS, they will continue to ramp up the rhetoric about us MAGA supporters to levels never seen before. We have this one if we all remain calm.
Keep calm and order your “MAGA” gear. Hillary’s “Deplorable” attempt to shame and taint us was destroyed by all of us proudly claiming deplorable status
Personally, not certain it is desperate behavior so much as in our face.
To this point, although we know much about the despicable (criminal) behavior of the elites in muh government, they get away with all with impunity.
I must ask, with all respect, on muh government’s actions, are they counter-productive or exactly as they easily know they can accomplish?
I’ll flip that and say that at this point I am more certain it is desperate behavior than in our face.
Of course it’s in our face, because they’re thugs.
But we can smell the desperation.
Desperate folk do stupid.
In our face, they don’t have a worry.
I do not believe they are stupid, or desperate..
Until we the people put a stop to them, it is in our face.
this^
Would that be flop sweat? Peuw!
Yes, but this media trial has gone from the seriousness of nuclear documents to the farce of empty folders as Trump’s favorability skyrockets.
spoiler: this is just act 1, scene 1. The DOJ is far more interested in producing an indictment to protect their own criminals. They have only started the first rounds of this slugfest. The DOJ will create and manufacture dozens, hundreds, thousands of legal cases ..whatever it takes. no matter then cost. Be prepared for this long drawn out war. it will most definitely not end with matters of classification, nuclear codes, executive privlidege or even attorney client protections. The DOJ will have no limits to continuing the fraud and conspiracy.
they are not going to quit.
To END the DOJ and end this war, it must be destroyed. Literally, destroyed. in court, at every argument and then finally by ending this criminal cabal in the trump vs clinton (rico) case. (and many more cases similar to it that I can predict with confidence)
God Bless America
I would nominate Karate Master Chuck Norris to pay a visit to the DC FBI field office.
I’d rather have Captain Braddock with an M50 blaring out of a Blackhawk
Capt’n Haddock, Tintin, Milou and a couple of bottles of whiskey…
The good Capt’n will lay the DOJ/FBi to waste,while Milou bites their ankles and Tin Tin gets the goods on the corrupt DOJ leadership.
Jack Reacher
Bob Lee Swagger would work…
Yeah, buddy!
Ted Nugent
I would nominate “Mitch Rapp” and “Mike Banning” to go with him. Lol
I’ve been watching reruns of Magnum P.I. (never saw the show before).
Only on season 3, so I guess he could still wuss out, but so far he’s a fictional character I’d send in too.
Ahh, great memories. Higgins and ‘the lads’.
Back when tv was worth it once in a while.
“Baba Yaga.”
Bruce Willis aka John McCain works for me.
What guarantees are there the master is not biased?
If there was no bias, they wouldn’t be willing to appoint one.
Just like in business 101: he who hires and pays the consultant gets the expert opinion he wants.
Business or law, the results are the same. Both parties can always find an “expert” to argue in their favor.
The Special Master should not live within 1,000 miles of Washington DC.
Who is “they”? “They” didn’t appoint a Special Master, this federal judge did. Both parties have to suggest names. When they inevitably don’t agree, the judge will likely appoint. Hopefully, she doesn’t pick another one like Barr (that Bush era fixer), but something tells me since she has the courage to go this far, she may actually be trying to restore some sense of integrity and justice to the situation.
Yes, this was a pleasant surprise.
I understood that she ordered them (the DOJ) to appoint a Special Master. Maybe I’m wrong???
The stipulation that both sides must present their lists is in the article.
you are
I hope you’re right.
Barr defended the FBI at Ruby Ridge
Instead of someone from a list both agree on, it should be two representatives per side, with neither side having any veto or approval power of the choice of the other side.
that isn’t how the process of selection happends.
101: each party presents to the judge a list. The judge receives each list from each party. Each party will then argue and file motions for or against each name of each list. Once this process of arguments for and against each candidate is completed the judge will then go into chambers and then using a metric only known by the judge will make the final determination. This is where neither party (in theory) will have influence into the final decision of S/M appointment. The judge is hearing the arguments and then when that is complete, makes the final decision.
and this decision is open for appeal. expect that to happen no matter WHO is selected.
each party will have the opportunity to argue in appeal even the decision of the judge in final selection.
this makes the selection process and even the “final” judge selection fair to be parties.
it is about as fair as it can be made to be fair.
But stay tuned. Because there is still one very important element of authority missing from the scope of the S/M
Executive privildge – this issue does not seem to be mentioned as matter before the S/M. I think this is a major legal strategy mistake by team trump legal. Sooner than later team trump legal must file motion to judge cannon that:
in addition to matters related to attorney client privileged material, the S/M must also determine the issue of constitutional presidential executive privilege and power.
So far, only one single issue appears to be assigned to the future S/M . I believe this is a mistake to have th master only perform that narrow review. it must also include the much more intense legal determination of executive powers.
God Bless America
That’s the 1 trillion $ question. Huber is available, Durham could be done with his ongoing investigation. Might Mary McCord have some free time ?
How about Admiral Mike Rogers? I doubt he is a lawyer, but his appointment would scare the bejeesus out of the DOJ FBI.
You might want to rethink that one.
What ever happened to Rogers anyway? He walked into the sunset, and no one has even attempted to pull him back….NO ONE.
He must have a book on all of them.
No one has any intellectual curiosity about this guy. POUF!!!
Watch what you wish for. Rogers has been on the talking heads circuit.
“In the interest of full disclosure, your Honor, the constitutional signifigance of a Special Master was moot within hours of our plundering of the presidents’ personal residence, and taking anything we could find,”
“So all of this is really just a despicable Dog And Pony Show… everything has already been duplicated and digitized several times over. Every corrupt media outlet and hostile entity/actor has been pouring over it all for nearly a month now, and can probably recite most of it verbatum, from memory.”
No doubt.
Sad, but true
Yes they may have read what they are not entitled to, but they have been put on legal notice that they cannot use it. Or leak it.
It doesn’t mean they won’t but they will further sink in public opinion and be in legal jeopardy if they do.
They will be sunk if they attempt to use any of it. Will that matter? Probably not.
Hey, Mueller could even make himself available, not to mention Hillary!
Rudy
Then watch them pucker………As Jim Bouton said in ball four, “their butts were so tight you couldn’t drive a 16 penny nail up there with a sledgehammer.”
Rudy should definitely be on the good-side list.
I’d love to see Sidney Powell in there.
Read the order. The Judge gave “both parties” until 9 September to submit a “joint” list of special master candidates.
Not that the master does not end up being biased, the President’s Team gets to make an input and this Judge at least for the time being seems to be fair minded, but somewhat naive.
Mark “coup starts now” Zaid is pushing several TDS deranged attorneys onto the court
The two opposite sides will negotiate and decide the Master.
The order, though, “shall not impede the classification review and/or intelligence assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“ODNI”) as described in the Government’s Notice of Receipt of Preliminary Order.”
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Does this mean they can re-classify stuff as “classified” and “TS”, etc? If they reclassify, does that mean Trump can’t use the reclassified docs in his suit against Hillary?
No, it doesn’t. The damage assesment is impure PR, means nothing except headlines.
Classification review ALSO is meaningless, given the nature of Presidential plenary power to declassify.
So, they can ‘continue’ their activities which are meaningless mumbo jumbo, only initiated for headlines, all they want.
Thanks, Dutch.
Yes it does. The government can classify any and all material it wants to classify, even material which has been in the public domain for decades or material which had been previously declassified.
It is rarely done, but material which had been previously declassified can be reclassified with the same or higher classification level by an authorized classification authority. So the classification review is not meaningless.
We should not be surprised to learn at some point that the declassified Operation Crossfire Hurricane material President Trump had in his possession at Mar-a-Largo has now been reclassified in order to make its unauthorized possession illegal.
This will have the effect that if Donald Trump publicly reveals the contents of reclassified Operation Crossfire documents, even by talking about what he knows for a fact is in them, he can be charged with a crime on the basis that he is no longer president and does not have authority to release the Operation Crossfire material.
That seems to be a distinctly DC Lawfare move.
It is very distinctly a DC Lawfare move. Which is why we should expect that it will be done, if it hasn’t been done already.
Possible…would not put anything past them in DC…but too many eyes on this and too much already exposed by Durham, with more likely exposed by him in that scheduled Oct 13th trial start date.
agree with one not minor expectation. It is not only to provide a legal trap for Trump: obstruction and even 18 USC 1903. Those are criminal indictments. We already KNOW this is the DOJ strategy. But it more than just that. BY re-re-classifying the documents, presumably at the very highest classification (skif, compartmented), means the DOJ is preparing to redact entire section of the Trump declassified documents such that NO COURT may review them for any practical legal entry into ANY future or even ongoing court case (namely, trump vs clinton).
the re-re-class is not merely a legal trap to invite legal liability for President Trump to chill him from leaking or speaking openly about the evidence of the criminal conspiracy. It is to prevent IN TOTAL to deny the evidence of the criminal conspiracy to even be ALLOWED into a legal proceeding. So even IF President Trump were to discuss this or leak it out, and be indicted for a crime, the DOJ has manuevered so far clearly that the material is of such high national security interest that not even the courts may read it out.
redacting in this strategy is non trivial.
the secret police spy state is using classification (AGAIN) to both criminalize anyone who has a legal claim and suit against unlawful abuses of power and illegal surveillance, but also to prevent courts from KNOWING the evidence of those crimes.
this is NOT A DESPERATION MOVE BY THE DOJ. IT is a long held pattern of conduct that has largely been very successful in hundreds of cases before courts. Matters of the highest classification have been largely ruled by judges and to some extent even SCOTUS, will not be allowed into legal review.
it really boils down to executive power. Like it or not, the way that presidential executive power exist wrt classification, joe malarkey is in a position to blackhole evidence of conspiracy. And courts have consistently held this power is not subject to review by courts.
I think the entire case of this condundrum over executive powers (existing potus versus that of a former potus) goes to scotus.
with the added dimension that the former potus has ongoing court cases where this declassified material is expected to be entered as evidence.
we are at war…so far, a legal war.
but a war none the less.
God Bless America
That’s the regime point of view. Of course they will argue that load of malarkey.
I’ll take Dutchman’s until I get a chance to hear Clarence Thomas’ take on it – which I suspect will be pretty close to Dutch’s!
The essence of DC Lawfare as practiced by the DOJ is to push the envelope hard in manufacturing criminal law on the fly in order to stick someone with an alleged crime. This is clearly what Biden and his DOJ are planning for Donald Trump.
Trump has top clearance for life, so even if they reclassify he is not doing anything illegal by possessing them. May hurt his lawsuit tho.
See my comment here.
BS.
They got part 1 of what they wanted: a public outraged with Trump (but sorry DOJ, you didn’t change any MAGA minds). I suspect Part 2 will rear its head in the form of a mid to late Oct “surprise” along the lines of an indictment or leak of planted damaging documents.
What public “outraged with Trump”?
I haven’t heard any such where I live, and I am in one of the bluest areas of the country (I can practically “see Cambridge from my porch”). Nobody’s talking about the raid at all except my friendlies.
The only place I heard any such outrage was in the MSNBC newsroom. Even Faux isn’t touching it…
Agreed!
I disagree.
the entire purpose of the raid was obviously to seize and then determine materials held by President Trump is unlawful due to national security classification.
As some have noted Judge Cannon (and plainly the teamp trump legal) have been nieve and absent the issue of executive priviledge and power wrt declass and also retention of even classified material.
It’s important to note the S/M is not directed to make determination in this area of executive priviledge..Only attorney client protected material..
if DOJ wins this re-re-classification issue , there IS a very real outcome that team trump legal in any future and even ongoing suit and case (trump vs clinton for example) will not be allowed to enter these re-re-classified documents into court as evidence. The documents ultimately becomes classified beyond even S/M review.
which is why I am concerned about the current case here with cannon and S/M selection: why isn’t the S/M being ALSO directed to determine the issue of executive priviledge as it relates to declassification, personal possession of said documents?
again, so far the S/M only appears to be directed to the issue of attorney client protections.
I think this is far too narrow both from a constitutional legal aspect but also as a plain strategic legal process that defends and protects these president trump documents and preserves them legally against the re-re-classification and blackholing these documents will wind up if not argued successfully.
I think this matter of former potus declass and even classmat possesion goes to scotus.
stay tuned. Lots of new developments, not the least of which is the latest revelation that joe malarkey was not only briefed before the raid but signed off on the warrant process for the DOJ..
that adds another dimension that scotus will need to address:
can a current potus, using the same executive powers, null a prior potus in matter of classification even if those materials are evidence of crimes against a former president?
this is why I see this case going to scotus.
we are really seeing the issue of executive power and where the limits begin and end exist.
I don’t think there are any other constitutional arguments made related to this special case. No specific precedent exists that even touched this condundrum.
who win primacy over executive priviledge? a current potus or a former potus who has an ongoing legal case where those same classmat/unclass materials are at the core of the legal suit of the plaintif, the former POTUS in this case?
God Bless America
That sentence is bad and very troublesome on two pints:
First, the Government can continue their review to determine if materials are classified or not and worse can continue the requested DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
Second, yes they can reclassify materials (a big nightmare of a process) to “slow and impede” their use in court. There are processes for using classified evidence but it is cumbersome and the evidence may or may not reach the jury.
TY, doc.
I’m sure the damage assessment will indicate some concerns, meanwhile there was Afghanistan damage and currently the Ukraine damage.
It’s my understanding that Hillary and a few others have been removed from that lawsuit and the doj put in their place. The best way for them to protect themselves is to be directly involved in anything that might expose them.
The Order itself #2 enjoins government from using ( seized property ) for CRIMINAL investigative purposes pending … Has that Rubicon been crossed ?
Except they are conducting a Counter-Espionage Black Op, not a criminal investigation. Except in the sense that all their shit is criminal.
Yes. Telling the FBI they can use it for one purpose but not another creates a useless “Chinese Wall” because the documents have already been reviewed for that purpose. However, if the Magistrate had not provided for the Government to “protect our national interests” by having the right to review the documents for natl security, it would’ve been much easier for an appellate court to overturn.
It’ll be interesting to see if the DOJ appeals, considering they’ve already gotten the negative Trump publicity they wanted and they have already reviewed all the documents.
Perhaps not….if insider whistleblowers catch them, could be hell to pay.
When part of the department of injustice requesting their fraudulent warrant was citing media reports again like Russia BS this whole thing should have been squashed.
Citizen free press has a couple articles about the items the Panty Raiders took and it’s ridiculous including the President medical records.
DJT should shout “HIPAA” from his rooftop. Wouldn’t make a bit of difference, but it would gain some amusing free press coverage.
HIPPA prohibits PROVIDERS from unauthorized distribution. If DOJ requested medical records from PDJT’s providers, HIPPA would come into play. Since providers gave the records to the patient, Trump, and the FBI seized them from Trump, HIPPA does not come into play here.
So who gets to pick such an unbiased Special master, one might ask?
Rudy Contreras, Emmet Sullivan, and James Boasberg.
Would not even be a bit of a surprise to see that level of corruption used.
I would expect the DOJ to nominate “sleeper” commies. Obscure professors of law or former DOJ officials “who served under R and D administrations” who seem unbiased on the surface.
If they can’t agree (and I’d be shocked if they did), the Magistrate will appoint one. Whoever isn’t happy with the appointment will scream “Bias”. I don’t think there’s a single person left in the country that everyone would agree is above reproach.
The judge is not a magistrate she is a Trump appointed federal judge …unlike the magistrate that approved the warrant
Probably a really good guess that this judge will not be afforded any additional personal protection by the justice department. Federal Marshalls from the lower Midwest should be brought in to protect her.
The best they’ll be able to come up with is possibly some technical violation of the Presidential Records Act, which isn’t a criminal statute. And they knew that. The raid was for optics, to fire up the base.
Well, they got a base fired up.
The base is raring to go, the ‘Stablishment is taking a dive.
She should have stopped everything including classification and intelligence assessment.
ODNI will make a wild intelligence assessment and it will be leaked.
With all the issues with the search and seizure I don’t understand why every thing is not stopped in order to determine if Trumps fourth amendments rights were irreparably violated.
Obviously the DOJ/FBI do not recognize fourth amendment rights. They need to be slapped down hard.
I believe the 4th amendment case PDJT has filed is SEPERATE from this case.
Trump’s forth amendment argument has yet to be fully made, but seemingly preserved by Chris Kise’s limited Reply in this civil case. Thank God Trump’s initial lawyers did not waive this 4th Amendment argument in their initial filing, which just requested a Special Master, although that motion was convoluted as hell as confirmed by the Judge in this current Order, at least as I see things—and it looks like the Judge agreed, or seemed to, on the basis Trump’s Team was not afforded a complete list of items seized by the FBI, thus Trump’s inability to have FULLY MADE his 4th Amendment argument to date until that complete list of items was provided by the Gov (if all docs were Gov’t property, which determination on ownership has not yet been made, it is likely Trump’s 4th Amendment argument is not persuasive when fully made).
“Slapped down hard” ought to have happened the day after the raid, but if it is anti-trump the foot dragging is instant and savage.
My bet is the left maneuvers Barr in as Special Master.
Maybe John Durham is available. He’s not doing anything else.
Whatsa “Durham”?
So far, mostly just Bull.
Barr has already shown bias in saying a special master is not needed. This Judge is in Florida and has ruled in Trump’s favor here. I think she will find a decent special master. Trump has good lawyers and the raid and seizure of items which were not even “evidentiary” speaks volumes about the conduct of the FBI.
Ha! I said the same thing!!
With the public comments back and forth between Barr and President Trump over the past week, that will never be accepted.
Republican Never Trumper. Good guess.
Lynn Wood ? ( Kidding)
They’ve violated half the Criminal Code and 99% of the Constitution, but Attorney/Client Privilege has to be one of the most abused provisions.
These monsters have Gang-Raped the Bill of Rights.
This past weekend I was at a very exclusive Washington, DC country club for a late Saturday evening dinner. While in the stall at our men’s room three fellas walked in where as they talked I thought the voices sounded very familiar.
Sure enough, as I peeked through the door’s crack it was Chief Justice Roberts, Bill Barr and James Comey. I don’t think they realized I was the only other person in that rest room–they talked freely as warm friends do.
“I have polygraphed everyone working in the Court as you suggested Bill” whispered Justice Roberts. Comey asked if anyone was the wiser to which Roberts said “no way, it is contained for sure!” Bill said to Comey, “tell Chris Wray to keep stonewalling Congress with that line about under investigation, etc. it works wonders!”
Comey then added “by the way Justice, I spoke to Barack and he said to again thank you for that leak, it is working just like your previous efforts on that healthcare decision. Bill chimed in “yea, I too know how it will play and anything to keep that clown Trump away is alright with me, plus we have already photocopied all those docs from Mar a Lago”…where all three chuckled as they walked out the bathroom.
It was early as I awoke realizing I had had another one of those dreams…
Tell us the one where Liz Chaney and Kuck Kinzinger are in the bathroom.
Kinzinger looks over and down at Liz, as they are side by side using tbe urinals.
“gee, yours is bigger than mine!”?
Lindsey feints.
Each one was identifying as the opposite sex.
Except in real life, Barry would be hanging around the men’s room, too.
DAMN!!!!
AGREE!!
A master should have been appointed as soon as it was said there was attorney client info involved. This is a no brainer. And a “taint team” that is employed by the same department that is conducting the investigation is akin to letting the fox guard the henhouse.
Gee it seems like the DOJ/FBI were doing opposition research for the DemocRat party. The same goes for the J6 committee, oversite subpoenas for tax records, legal action going after business records and other information. Yup seems like good old opposition research to me.
One other point I read that one of the arguments put forth by the Gov’t against the appointment and refuted by the Judge was that for President Trump to seek the return of documents OWNED by the US Gov’t ( that in itself is a presumption that needs TBD ) “ is like a cocaine dealer who pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine asking the Gov’t to return his $145,000 of profits” which makes no sense and is also a bit ironic – with Hunter in the news , using a cocaine analogy doesn’t seem to be the best of ideas…
The Documents are COPIES.
So, think of the ORIGINAL Declaration of Independance or Constitution.
If PDJT somehow spirited out the ORIGINALS, yeah thats a BIG deal, and if he refused to return them a swat raid may be justified.
They are OBVIOUSLY Govt property.
COPIES? Very different animal.
How are DECLASSIFIED Copies “Govt Property”?
Are they saying he didn’t reimburse the Gov’t $0.10/ a page?
I don’t know, I think the argument is that being a cocaine dealer who steals Govt documents and asks for $145,000 is a bad thing – using the Seinfeld -Kramer analysis method (🙃)
PDJT decides whether documents are his, or are for National Archives storage for his library.
Caselaw, and the Archives statute.
PDJT did not write, or sign the Declaration of Independence. ]
A Swat team is NOT ‘justified’.
Thank you.
lol, I think his salary for 4 years should cover it.
Remember, it takes courage and “guts” to fight a totally corrupt Department of “Justice” and the FBI. They are being pushed to do the wrong things by many sinister and evil outside sources. Until impartiality, wisdom, fairness, and courage are shown by them, our Country can never come back or recover – it will be reduced to a Third World Nation!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/108946954108157242
So…the DOJ seizes everything not nailed down, gets an immediate request for a Special Master, rejects it because they just know better, then reviews everything quickly because they know they would lose in court and have to have a Special Master.
…and were caught doing a sloppy job of filtering anything.
Yet we are to believe from all the media leaks, it’s President Trump who is sloppy at handling documents?
The same President who sent multiple Crossfire Hurricane documents back to DOJ because someone complained about privacy, and nothing has been released since. Well, except for Kash Patel’s name not being redacted in the warrant.
Violence and speed of action. The violence was implied by armed DOJ/FBI forcing everyone to wait outside while they looted. Speed of action by reviewing all seized materials within a day or two. Meanwhile judge takes weeks to enjoin further use of seized materials and it will be even more weeks before a special master is appointed.
Seems like a positive development for PDJT.
In any case, pausing use of the seized documents for a criminal investigation almost surely means no indictment before Nov 8.
And if the judge uncovers further abuses by DOJ, perhaps no indictment at all.
If President hadn’t made this move, the Fake News leaking would have continued unabated and right on a Russia Russia type scenario , he short circuited them a bit and they had to admit to leaks – so now clear every leak is an intentional gov’t. leak.. and very arguably part of the Fake News agenda
“Plaintiff’s stated reliance on the customary cooperation between former and incumbent administrations.”
Cooperation doesn’t just stop at documents. There’s a former POTUS that egregiously outed an entire secret program where the c POTUS at the time cooperated to fix it …not prosecute it
That’s how they roll.
The DOJ investigation is not lawful and has nothing but they leak information to their sycophants in the MSM. The MSM then write negative harmful probably untrue stories based on these leaks to hurt President Trump in the court of public opinion.
Pathetic Evil. disgusting.
And even though it is an illegal search, the fourth branch knows there will be no accountability or consequences. Illegal operations are SOP.
Wednesday morning- special master appointed
Wednesday noon- FBI/CIA threaten to kill special masters entire family in front of him unless he does exactly what they say.
Wednesday evening- Someone in special masters family steps out of line and “commits suicide” by hanging themself from a tree while shooting themself in the chest with a shotgun 🤦♀️
Rinse and repeat. Blah blah blah same old shit nothing ever changes
Except this time family members of the DS start disappearing too. More than one can play that game.
They only needed a few days to go through all the goods and FJB’s weaponized DOJ made sure they had the time.
They already KNEW what was IN the documents, they have already gone over his tax records, ad nauseum.
They no doubt had complete copy of his, Malanias, Barron, Eric, Don jr.s etc. medical records.
They have probed EVERYTHING about PDJT and his family and business dealngs it is possible to probe and scrutinise.
WHATS the deal?
What these various Court cases MAY end up doing, is breaking PDJT out of the “box” they have him in, of being unable to release the documents to the public, because of “ongoing investigation” (Durham) due to being charged with “Obstruction of Justice” by “interfering in an ongoing investigation”.
They won’t stop about his taxes…any bets on whether or not the tax records were leaked to those going after him for their tax fraud witch-hunt?
Durham 2.0? The DNI can still have access? It all smells familiar. Smells like diversion, as in continued belief that The System still works. Benn there. Done that.
They took his personal medical information? This is unconscionable…surprised they have not leaked any of it to the media…probably because Trump is healthy as a horse.
It wasn’t specific who’s medical records were taken, could have been for PDJT, his wife and their son Barron’s medical records too.
Who appointed Judge Cannon to the bench, and might that tidbit of fact become another arrow in the left’s quiver?
Trump nominee confirmed in 2020
The seized material includes “[p]ersonal effects without evidentiary value”
Hmmm. Now what could that be?
I am still wating for PDJT to release the CCTV footage of an FBI agent wearing Melania’s undies on his head.
Aren’t we all. He is keeping that bullet in his pocket, for now.
Ever tried to recall a 9 hr. period of time, and EVERYTHING you did?
From “did I scratch my balls/ass, pick my nose” to laugh at some inappropriate humor?”
REALLY hard to remember EVERYTHING you said and did, and think about how it might be viewed, by others.
“REALLY hard to remember EVERYTHING you said and did, and think about how it might be viewed, by others.”
Especially when the cameras were ordered turned off………but were turned back on.
I am cynical enough at this point to expect the camera video to get Epsteined.
If I understand it properly, they were never turned off.
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The DOJ everything it could to prevent this. This tells me the good guys won this one. Part of the FBI tactic is to leak to its press darlings to influence public opinion and force action in congress. It now is going to find that more difficult. Trump 1 -DOJ/FIB 0.
Like a judge is going to stop them…
These bastagees get to look at thing that they would never be able to see, yet alone photo-copy and leak out. Frankly, I don’t even think there’s anything they’re going to find even with their obvious trampling of Trump’s rights and other common laws.
Just like Trump’s tax returns, you know damn well they’ve been through them with a fined toothed comb, and it’s apparent that they are of more value not exposed to the public, but instead just slandered by other bastagees who claim the ‘know’ something.
Upon review of the 24 page ruling, I think it is safe to say this judge has read the affidavit.
The fact these criminals have not leaked medical info IS promising. They would leak a hang-nail……..so I assume they are bummed . I am still fuming over the invasion of privacy and basic rights of Barron.
Not really. I can see these thugs digitizing every document seized, regardless of anyone’s rights.
They might play nice here and there to tamp down some of the blowback they are getting, but you can bet any document seized will be used for whatever means gets them the most gain.
They won’t be leaking those details now, but those details will get used at some point.
Yep. I believe copies of EVERYTHING have been made and disseminated to those parties that need them such as the DOJ, J6 Inquisition Committee, New York Times, Valarie Jarrett, etc..
But wait, according to Bill Barr seeking a special master is simply a red herring on the part of Trump’s legal team! Every time Barr opens his mouth these days I have less and less respect for him.
I gave up on Barr long ago, though it took a lot of sundance’s evidence to get me to question him in the first place. And sundance was 100% corret about it all.
That’s why I’m willing to question DeSantis earlier in the process now. Question – not decide yet – but question everything he says and does…
Track records matter.
ICYMI – FYI – WTF – Trust No One – ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Until you realize everything was/is a lie…
Only then can you begin to have a good offense/defense…
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“…a footnote [fn5] stating Trump lawyers asked for a special master appointment on the morning after the raid.”
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So the DOJ lied in their filing… Denying that Trump asserted privilege over documents…
Speaking of “Priviledge” I don’t see any case which addresses the question of CAN a current POTUS (Brandon) revoke priviledge of a former POTUS?
AND, given the open ended nature of the warrant and materials siezed, its obvious this was an UNLIMITED revocation of Executive Priviledge.
Seems like a,”no-brainer” that a Court ruling that Biden CAN do this, destroys the whole concept of executive priviledge, and so a court ruling that he can’t is a given.
Perhaps this is covered in PDJT’s seperate case alleging 4th amendment violation?
I believe it is covered separately.
Your logic is why I disagree entirely with any assertion that Xiden can order his DOJ puppets to retroactively “reclassify.” It’s simply ridiculous.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_53
RULE 53. MASTER
Note: Subdivision (a)(2) and (3)
From within the above section…
‘One potential disqualification issue is peculiar to the master’s role. It may happen that a master who is an attorney represents a client whose litigation is assigned to the judge who appointed the attorney as master.
Other parties to the litigation may fear that the attorney-master will gain special respect from the judge. A flat prohibition on appearance before the appointing judge during the time of service as master, however, might in some circumstances unduly limit the opportunity to make a desirable appointment.
These matters may be regulated to some extent by state rules of professional responsibility. The question of present conflicts, and the possibility of future conflicts, can be considered at the time of appointment.
Depending on the circumstances, the judge may consider it appropriate to impose a non-appearance condition on the lawyer-master, and perhaps on the master’s firm as well.’
I understand Bill Barr has a lot of time on his hands.
Better break out those bagpipes.
Here’s hoping the Special Master takes as much time as Durham.
Retired Magistrate here: She has guts; doing her job by following the law with the information provided to her in both side’s pleadings; that is a rarity these days.
Ok judge who is qualified to go thu all the documents,some may be classified.whoever it is needs a special classification to even see the docs. does he she get a team that also need some special clearance.I think whoever it is should be secret for their protection,known only to the judge.
Biden the order for the raid- it’s in the court documents
BIDEN AND THE WHITE HOUSE PUBLICLY DECLARED HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, NOTHING.
This revelation will not get the main stream media even a little “curious” about the lies from Biden and the administration.
They will refuse to investigate it.
The only hope here is a question from Peter Doocy. What kind of semi-facist is Biden that only one person in the whole question can ask his admin a semi-difficult, challenging question ?
Good find.
This will do nothing. The corrupt DOJ has had this information for nearly a month. Everything has likely been copied for review by them later. Too little. Too late.
Does this prevent the DOJ from using these documents to get an indictment from the rigged DC Grand Jury? Not that I believe the DOJ will honor the Judge’s ruling!
With targeted info in hand, even if excluded/controlled, they can seek other sources to substantiate it to avoid fruit of the poisonous tree.
I still maintain this is mid-term theater and to deflect from the shyte show Brandon has become, day to day now. Distraction.
I am praying that the harassment of our unlawfully exiled President ends soon and that the perpetrators are shown for all to see as the complete and utter frauds they are.
I ran across this by accident awhile back.
Prosecutors Drowning in Data Urged to Collect Less Evidence
By Ben Penn
15 Jun 2022
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/evidence-avalanche-prompts-less-is-more-pivot-by-us-prosecutors
“….. the Court also temporarily enjoins the Government from reviewing and using the seized materials for investigative purposes pending completion of the special master’s review or further Court order.”
The doj has everything.
The doj has looked at everything.
The doj has had time to send info anywhere they choose, proof is the media has a bunch of info.
The doj will give this court order not even a little bit of respect.
The doj will do what they want, when they want, and will judge shop to do it if this one merely annoys them enough.
There is no lack of judges for a doj shopping spree.
After enjoining the material, could the judge charge anyone who leaks info?
And or could the Trump team file with the court that a leak is prejudicial against Trump and use that to their advantage toward outcomes?
Both sound like great ideas to me.
Did anyone actually get ANYTHING except pictures and clippings?
Too little too late. What the FIB presents as being seized from the raid can no longer be trusted as being from the raid, it is tainted by being in the hands of the political FIB, FJB’s Gestapo.
ICICYMI – FYI – WTF – Trust No One – ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Until you realize everything was/is a lie…
Only then can you begin to have a good offense/defense…
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Was the search of Barrons and Melanias rooms to blackmail President Trump…
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I’m posting this here also, because Surber did a bang-up job on the FBI …… They Got Nottin!!
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2022/09/special-master-nullifies-fbi-raid.html
Thanks, I was going to post this here…
Great take on the situation…
Took long enough. It’s moot by now, the damage is done.
I think they ran their filter team in reverse. Instead of filtering what goes to investigators everything went to investigators then handed to filter team to determine what, if anything, is returned to Trump.