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A former DOJ attorney told Insider that the special master work is arduous.
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She explained that the vetting process involved was “time consuming” and the end result was “thankful”.
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According to recent reports, Trump’s plea for neutral observers may no longer matter.
Serving as a special master in the legal battle over classified documents of former President Donald Trump is a daunting gig for one former Justice Department official, and I can’t imagine anyone being thrilled with the deal.
“Nobody wants this assignment,” Barbara McQuaid, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, told Insider, describing it as “the worst thing in the world,” distinguishing between the privileged and the unprivileged. I explained the trouble of sifting through the legal files in order to do so.
“It takes time. No gratitude. If you do it, you’re damned. If you don’t, you’re damned,” said McQuade, regardless of the client. She added that her only real advantage was “I think you get paid.”
If they dare say that FBI agents have somehow mishandled one page of the countless government records they previously recovered from Mar-a-Lago, then the beleaguered former president is a legal intermediary. A pessimistic assessment of how it is likely to be treated is not considered this month.
Mr Trump has continued to lash out at everyone involved in the seizure of the documents, a public outcry that has so far sparked threats and direct attacks against him. FBI office in Ohio; Federal Magistrate Bruce Reinhartthe person who authorized the original search warrant. FBI Director Christopher Wray and federal law enforcement agencies.Even if Officials of the National Archives and Records Administration.
playing cards petitioned On August 22nd, two weeks after an investigator removed 15 boxes full of classified material from his home in Florida, he had a special master review his files.Politico report The request may already be unfounded given Justice Department officials said they had already completed a privilege-related screening process, he said Monday.
If U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon continues the process, the next logical step would be to appoint a “genuinely neutral” person, McQuaid said. She said it was “probably the best choice” given Reinhardt was already involved in the case, but Trump’s disrespect for him was a clear sticking point, she said. It pointed out.
McQuade added that Cannon would ask both parties to nominate the top three candidates they would like to do the job, from which she could either narrow down the field or assign a legal expert of her choice. .
There could be additional fireworks if Cannon goes the partisan route and throws Trump’s close allies into the mix, McQuaid said.
“Imagine the worst case scenario: Rudy Giuliani was appointed to do it…and he just said, ‘I saw it, and it’s all a privilege. “You shouldn’t put it in. That could be a problem,” McQuade said.
President Trump’s post-presidential office did not respond to insider requests for comment on whether they had a particular master candidate in mind.
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