Can this be fought?
But the court already got a Special Master, right? So why does the same bad agency that’s being looked at get to choose who looks at them?
They can propose who they want, Trump had his own proposed names. The Judge will decide which of them (or someone else) will get appointed. To my knowledge that hasn’t yet happened.
The judge, a George W. Bush appointee and 15-year veteran of the D.C. Circuit, made headlines last week when he ruled against House Democratic lawmakers who sought to enforce a subpoena against a former Trump aide.
In a 2-1 opinion, Griffith ruled that courts were powerless to intervene in a House lawsuit to compel testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn over Trump’s objections. If his ruling stands, it would establish a favorable precedent for future White House efforts to avoid congressional oversight.
However, Griffith also cast a vote against Trump when the president asked the court to reconsider a ruling that paved the way for Democrats to obtain his financial records.