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"Special master": A dreadful idea

Our justice system is already deeply unfair. Insisting on a higher bar for Trump's prosecution only makes it worse

Salon

Commentary: The special master order for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents is perverse and potentially disastrous

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order requiring the appointment of a special master to sift through the property seized in the search of Mar-a-Lago has found few defenders. Its tendentious factual account and muddled legal reasoning are easy to denigrate.

Los Angeles Times

The Trump ‘special master’ ruling violates the principle that no-one is above the law

Judge Aileen Cannon’s opinion screams out that she applies more lenient rules to Donald Trump

The Guardian - US

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Why did a judge grant Trump’s request for a ‘special master’?

Critics say the decision to stop reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago until a special master is appointed is ‘unprecedented’ and ‘insane’

The Guardian - US

Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case

A little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Donald Trump is in the spotlight this week over her decision to hand the former president a major procedural win

The Independent UK

Who is Judge Aileen Cannon and why is her role in the Trump documents case so controversial?

Examining the judge who will play a key role in Donald Trump’s legal defence

The Independent UK

Trump's MAGA judge rules in his favor

Judge Aileen Cannon's "special master" ruling employs the same logic as the Big Lie and the Capitol insurrection

Salon

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Legal experts: Trump judge "unfit"

Critics say Judge Aileen Cannon is "one of the most corrupt" judges appointed by Trump

Salon

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago legal victory starts search for special master – as it happened

US midterms campaigns kick into high gear after Labor Day as Senate returns from month-long break

The Guardian - US

Trump-appointed judge courts controversy with Mar-a-Lago order

When U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon was up for Senate confirmation in 2020, she was pointedly asked whether she’d had discussions about loyalty to then-President Donald Trump before he nominated her to Florida’s federal bench.

Tribune News Service

First Thing: Judge grants Trump’s request for special master over Mar-a-Lago raid

Federal court accepts ex-president’s call for official to set aside materials potentially subject to privilege protections. Plus, Chris Rock on Will Smith’s apology video

The Guardian - UK

FBI Mar-a-Lago search uncovered Trump’s medical records and accounts

In two instances, materials that should have been identified as privileged ended up with prosecutors, Judge Aileen Cannon notes

The Independent UK

Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records

A federal judge granted Donald Trump’s request for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily barred the government from using the trove to develop its criminal investigation into the former president.

Tribune News Service

Judge grants Donald Trump chance to have independent pair of eyes review FBI documents case

Aileen Cannon has given the Trump team a week to produce a list of candidates to be special master

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The Guardian - US

Judge grants Trump’s request for special master to handle seized documents

Federal court accepts ex-president’s call for official to set aside materials potentially subject to privilege protections

Tribune News Service

Trump praises ‘courage and guts’ after federal judge agrees to special master in top secret document review

Former President Donald Trump appeared to praise a federal judge Monday for agreeing to his demand for a special master in the investigation into mishandling of top secret documents.

Tribune News Service

Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records

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Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records

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Al Jazeera

US judge pauses review of documents seized from Trump’s home

Court grants former president’s request to appoint a neutral ‘special master’ to review material for privileged content.

Salon

Trump's special master request granted

The decision was immediately decried by some legal experts. Here's what one had to say

WEKU

Federal judge grants Trump's special master request to review Mar-a-Lago materials

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has granted former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago last month.

The Independent UK

Trump-appointed judge blocks FBI from using evidence seized at Mar-a-Lago and orders special master review

Although the Justice Department can appeal the ruling, as long as it in place it will protect Donald Trump from being indicted for any crime based on evidence found during the search of his home

Axios

Judge grants Trump request for special master to review materials seized from Mar-a-Lago

Judge Aileen Cannon also halted use of the materials for “criminal investigative purposes” pending the review.

Salon

Trump dug his own hole: He's in deep

Trump and his lawyers keep making things worse, and he's now the DOJ's target: The irony is dark, but delicious

Los Angeles Times

Trump search inventory shows empty folders marked ‘classified,’ commingled top-secret and unclassified items

WASHINGTON — Twenty-seven documents with classified and top-secret markings were recovered from former President Donald Trump’s office at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to a detailed inventory of what the FBI removed during its court-approved search of the home last month.

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