Trump Judge To Appoint Special Master In FBI Search

The New York Times reports:

A federal judge in Florida gave notice on Saturday of her “preliminary intent” to appoint an independent arbiter, known as a special master, to conduct a review of the highly sensitive documents that were seized by the F.B.I. this month during a search of Mar-a-Lago.

In an unusual action that fell short of a formal order, the judge, Aileen M. Cannon of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida, signaled that she was inclined to agree with the former president and his lawyers that a special master should be appointed to review the seized documents.

But Judge Cannon, who was appointed by Mr. Trump in 2020, set a hearing for arguments in the matter for Thursday in the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach — not the one in Fort Pierce, Fla., where she typically works.

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This will have to be appealed. There is no precedent ever for having a special master in intel cases. This is a stalling technique by trump in front of a trump judge. https://t.co/JW83xYn74b

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) August 28, 2022