1: A special master isn’t equipped to adjudicate claims of executive privilege It continues to be the story this morning, so let’s wade into the criticisms, as well as the scarce Cannon defenses out there.ĬRITICISM NO. 'I don't think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up.”Īs Barr’s comments attested, the condemnation and confusion about the ruling has only deepened since Monday. It's deeply flawed in a number of ways,' Barr said on Fox News. And obviously very inexperienced,” one experienced Florida attorney told Matt Dixon, who reports that Cannon has had few high-profile cases in her short federal career.Įven former Trump-era AG BILL BARR piled on: 'The opinion, I think, was wrong, and I think the government should appeal it. So it’s notable that while Cannon has had little trouble finding political support for her decision, she has been largely alone when it comes to support for her legal arguments. But they are also as ideologically divided as the rest of the country. Lawyers are, by definition, a quarrelsome bunch, and members of the pundit bar are especially quick to second-guess any opinions that aren’t theirs. Recall that the 41-year-old Trump appointee (who was confirmed in the days after the 2020 election) granted the former president’s request to appoint a special master to review the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago, and enjoined the Department of Justice “from reviewing and using the seized materials for investigative purposes.” She ordered the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to continue its damage assessment review of the documents. MARCO RUBIO (R-Fla.) used a similar phrase this week, describing the case as “a storage argument.” The phrase seems to be replacing Trump attorney JIM TRUSTY’s recent claim that Trump’s retention of hundreds of pages of highly classified documents was akin to a dispute about an “overdue library book.'ĬANNON FODDER - Legal pundits have had another day to digest Monday’s confounding opinion from Judge AILEEN CANNON. JARGON WATCH - “Document storage issues” is the new term used by Trump’s lawyer, CHRISTOPHER KISE, to describe the government’s criminal investigation. 6, 2022 : “Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago”

12, 2022 : “Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax, two Impeachments were a Hoax, the Mueller investigation was a Hoax, and much more.” 11, 2022 : “FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say”ĭONALD TRUMP, Aug. STILL TICKING UP - President JOE BIDEN’s average approval rating at 538 has hit 43%, the highest it’s been since mid-March.Ī SHORT HISTORY OF WAPO’S NUKE DOC SCOOP.

Legal experts continue to criticize Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to grant former President Donald Trump's request to appoint a special master to examine the documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago home.

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