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Rep. Cline to Newsmax: Special Master 'Appropriate' in Trump Raid Investigation
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Posted on 09/06/2022 9:10:41 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

It was "appropriate" for a special master to be approved to oversee the examination of the documents seized from former President Donald Trump's home in August, as the Department of Justice and the intelligence community have a "poor track record" of acting in a nonpartisan way where he is concerned, Rep. Ben Cline said on Newsmax, Tuesday. 

"It is continually disappointing to watch as our DOJ muddles its way through this terrible procedure of executing the search warrant and collecting all kinds of potentially personal attorney-client privilege-protected information," the Virginia Republican said on Newsmax's "National Report." 

Cline added that one needs only look back to the discredited Steele dossier on Trump and at how the investigation conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller operated "to see that they don't have a great track record."

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who approved the demand for a special master in the case, is a 2020 Trump nominee and has come under fire from critics for her decision, but Cline said she should be presumed to be neutral. 

"Judges have the presumption of being neutral arbiters," said Cline. "This judge was confirmed by the Senate and is presumed to be neutral in her decision-making."

But the liberal media is angry, said Cline, because "they can't put their finger on the scales anymore."

"That the left can't direct the process from the West Wing, as they have done from the beginning of this process, just shows me we're on the right track toward a fair and neutral decision-making process in this case," said Cline.

Meanwhile, many GOP candidates have been endorsed by Trump for the November midterm elections, but Cline said that in his state, several competitive House races are going on and voters have a "crisis in confidence" with Congress being under Democrat control.

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1 posted on 09/06/2022 9:10:42 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie
Its the raid itself that was not appropiate.
2 posted on 09/06/2022 9:21:50 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: SoConPubbie

How many of the documents are gone and will never see the light of day though. They will only let them see what they want seen.


3 posted on 09/06/2022 9:28:33 AM PDT by pas
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How many of the documents are gone and will never see the light of day though.

And how many have been planted that weren't there in the first place (only takes a few choice ones)?

4 posted on 09/06/2022 9:30:22 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: pas

IF this all continues-—How about Trump demanding to see what Obama has hidden in 33 million documents-—that no one seems to know the location...


5 posted on 09/06/2022 11:44:46 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Whatever happened to the reports of hidden cameras at Mar-a-Lago?

Planted documents may very well have been captured by those cameras.

Where is that footage?


6 posted on 09/06/2022 11:50:42 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: pas

All the documents have already been copied and forwarded to the DNC.


7 posted on 09/07/2022 10:49:33 AM PDT by nhbob1
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