This is what we get when we allow Republicans to win the White House and the Senate
Right-wing loons running amok with robes on
This is the Trump-bot who ruled today that the former president is entitled to a special master "to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege," as her filing reads. Her order 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."
She has given both sides until September 9 to submit a list of suggested special masters. Until the special master has been appointed and completed his or her review of all the materials seized by the FBI from Mar a Lago, the Department of Justice cannot “review” the materials, which in English means they cannot even look at them.
Delay, disrupt, lie, rinse and repeat. That’s been Trump’s way of dealing with the troubles he’s gotten himself into for his entire life. With a 15-year member of the Federalist Society who he appointed to a federal court judgeship on his side, he is succeeding.
If I were Merrick Garland, I would take all the stuff they’ve already put together from reviewing the seized materials for nearly a month and ask the grand jury in Washington to indict Trump this week. Let the special master “review” all they want after that.
Of course she did. We all knew she would. She's nothing more than a robed MAGAt bought and paid for by the criminal himself. Despite ALL the legal experts who weighed in on this, despite the fact that DOJ has already reviewed the documents, despite the fact that lives are in jeopardy, despite the fact that he has NO "executive privilege" and she knows it, despite the fact that attorney/client documents have already been separated out, despite the fact that nothing needs an expensive and lengthy review on top of the already completed extensive and lengthy review, she threw her reputation - assuming she had one to begin with - down the swirling toilet. How long now before we see her smiling face at Mar a Lago? Any bets? I called her a loose Cannon before and she has confirmed this. Someone needs to follow the money trail with regards to Ms Cannon.
Disclaimer: I haven't found a copy of the actual order yet, but from The New York Times article up now, it looks to me like the judge contorted herself into a legal pretzel to get to this result. She says she's not convinced there's no executive privilege after a president is no longer in office. OK, when does it stop? 10 years? 100 years? I hope the DOJ appeals this to the 11th Circuit immediately. Also, the DOJ and Trump have been given until the 9th to each give her a list of names of potential special masters, who will have unlimited access. I seriously doubt that anyone that Trump's attorneys would name should be within a mile of those documents from a security point of view, and does anyone think Trump would accept a special master who is part of the deep state? I question whether the Federalist Society would even be happy with this ruling.