I don't think #45 is getting what he expected from his special
master. I'm enjoying the heck out of him. He's a hoot!
"Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of
FBI ‘planting’ evidence"
"CNN
—
The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during
their search last month.
Judge Raymond Dearie, the court-appointed special master, said in a
filing Thursday that Trump’s team needs to submit a sworn declaration
saying if they believe the Justice Department included any items on
their “inventory” of materials taken from Mar-a-Lago that were not
actually seized during the search.
The declaration must include “a list of any specific items set forth in
the Detailed Property Inventory that Plaintiff asserts were not seized
from the Premises on August 8, 2022,” Dearie wrote in the order.
This has come up as an issue in the case because Trump himself, some of
his attorneys, and several of his outside Republican allies have
publicly claimed that the FBI planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago during the
August 8 search.
However, they have offered no evidence to support these accusations."
"Dearie opened the door in a Thursday order to holding a hearing where “witnesses with knowledge of the relevant facts” could be called to
testify about the Mar-a-Lago search and the materials that were seized.
If this happens, it could become a put-up-or-shut-up moment for the
Trump side, which has made a wide array of statements about alleged
government improprieties out of court, but has been much more restrained
in court, where it would be a crime to knowingly lie."
"Dearie has also hired a retired federal judge from the Eastern District
of New York to assist his review and will also rely on staff from that
district to work on the review of materials.
Dearie said the judge, James Orenstein, “has experience with complex
case management, privilege review, warrant procedures” and other
relevant topics, and that he currently has a top-secret security clearance.
The biography page at the law firm where Orenstein formerly worked says
he served “on the prosecution team in the Oklahoma City bombings
trials.” Attorney General Merrick Garland played a leading role earlier
in his career in the Oklahoma City investigation.
Dearie said he won’t seek any additional compensation for serving as the special master because he’s currently on the US government payroll as a federal judge. But he proposed that Orenstein get paid $500 an hour,
which would be covered by Trump, based on a prior court ruling in the case."
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/politics/mar-a-lago-special-master-trump-fbi-planting-evidence/index.html
So, IOW, #45 is getting a good reaming--after asking for it--and
paying for it too. LOL I'm surprised he hasn't started his usual barrage
of insults. I'm expecting that soon too. lol
TB
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