Tag: special master

September 12, 2022

Trump-Appointed Judge Shields Ex-President From Accountability for Taking Docs

Donald Trump’s packing of the federal courts with judges chosen by the right-wing Federalist Society during his presidency is reaping dividends for him. Two weeks after the FBI lawfully seized 11,000 government documents (more than 100 of them with classification markings) from Mar-a-Lago on August 8, Donald Trump asked a Florida judge to delay the Department… Read more »

September 4, 2022

Trump’s Special Master Request May Be Bid to Delay Investigation Beyond Midterms

Before the August 8 search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion and seizure of “top secret” documents, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart found probable cause to believe that evidence of three different federal crimes would be found there. On August 22, Trump filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida requesting the appointment of… Read more »