OK, #LitigationDisasterTourists, there's actually some stuff in the "What the special master should do" section that we need to talk about.
Like this:
Like this:
The Trump team is actually asking that they be allowed access to all of the classified material at issue and to provide "privilege" and "personal" designations to the special master ex parte - meaning without needing to tell the government what they're claiming is priv/personal
They then say that the special master should review only the stuff designated as privileged, but anything designated as "personal" should just be turned back over to Trump immediately
Setting aside that they're defining "personal" as "any document CONTAINING personal information" (even if it also contains official information), and setting aside the evidentiary value of those "personal" items (which we discussed in yesterday's thread) ...
they are asking that the court establish a "if we say so" standard for the return of seized materials. They get to designate ex parte, and nobody reviews those designations.
"Look, if the target of the investigation says this stuff is irrelevant, who could argue?"
"Look, if the target of the investigation says this stuff is irrelevant, who could argue?"
They ALSO want the judge to order the government to give Trump back a copy of the mishandled classified records (LOL NO) and also also an unredacted copy of the warrant (which another court has already denied their motion for)
This is bonkers on an entirely different level from their "legal argument". I understand that people are scared because Cannon is a "Trump judge" but a whole lot of "Trump judges" spiked his election nonsense and I fully expect Cannon to do the same with this
Only a diseased mind would think this was viable. Secret privilege claims? That's not a thing.
Conclusion:
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