Judge Cannon refuses to let the Special Master railroad Trump into a premature statement regarding the validity of the seized documents, BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY BOTH SIDES.
GOOD FOR HER...and AMERICA.
THE DEMTHUG GESTAPO, WHICH MAY WELL INCLUDE DEARIE, NEVER STOP TRYING TO RUN OVER TRUMP'S (AND OTHER AMERICANS') RIGHTS....
Judge rules Trump lawyers don’t have to clarify Mar-a-Lago document claims
Judge Aileen M. Cannon told Donald Trump’s lawyers Thursday that they did not need to comply with an order from special master Raymond J. Dearie and state in a court filing whether they believe FBI agents lied about documents seized from the former president’s Florida residence.
Thursday’s ruling was the first clash between Cannon, a Trump appointee who has generally shown the former president deference in litigation over the Mar-a-Lago investigation, and Dearie, a federal judge she appointed as an outside expert in the case, who appears to be far more skeptical of Trump.
~ Dearie last week told the former president’s legal team that it couldn’t suggest in court filings that the government’s description of the seized documents — including whether they were classified — was inaccurate without providing any evidence. He ordered them to submit to the court by Oct. 7 any specific inaccuracies they saw in the government’s inventory list of seized items.
It would have been a key test of Trump’s legal strategy, as his lawyers decided whether to back up Trump’s controversial public claims that the FBI planted items at his residence and that he had declassified all the classified documents before leaving office — or whether they would take a more conciliatory approach.
~ But according to Cannon, who has the authority to overrule Dearie’s orders, such a decision is not required right now
“There shall be no separate requirement on Plaintiff at this stage, prior to the review of any of the Seized Materials, to lodge ex ante final objections to the accuracy of Defendant’s Inventory, its descriptions, or its content,” Cannon wrote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati.../29/cannon-dearie-trump-documents-classified/