Posted on 09/23/2022 8:44:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The judge designated as the special master in former President Donald Trump’s records case has proposed that a government official swear that the government properly listed items taken from Trump’s home in August.
U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master, also left open the possibility of recommending the government be ordered to return some of the seized materials.
Dearie outlined the plan on Sept. 22, following an order that blocks him and Trump’s lawyers from accessing materials with classified markings that were taken from Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Dearie, a George W. Bush appointee, was chosen by Trump attorneys and Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers and put into place by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee. Trump and the DOJ can object to components of the plan; Cannon would adjudicate any objections.
Dearie’s case management plan starts with having a government official “with sufficient knowledge of the matter” submitting a declaration or affidavit regarding an inventory list DOJ officials have released.
The official would attest that the list “represents the full and accurate extent of the property seized from” from Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida residence.
If the plan is put into place, Trump would then respond with a list of any items listed by the government that were not seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Trump would also detail items that were seized but not included in the inventory.
“This submission shall be Plaintiff’s final opportunity to raise any factual dispute as to the completeness and accuracy of the Detailed Property Inventory,” Dearie said.
The government would then be allowed to respond to Trump.
Based on an appeals court order, Cannon earlier Tuesday blocked Dearie and Trump lawyers from viewing the roughly 100 materials that were marked classified and seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Dearie and the Trump attorneys are still poised to review each page of non-classified materials taken from the resort.
Dearie wants the government to list each document and say whether the government filter team identified the document as potentially covered by a form of privilege, such as attorney-client privilege. Trump’s team has already received an initial set of potentially privileged documents, according to Dearie. After Trump’s team reviews the materials, they would specify any privilege claims, including any claims for documents that were not deemed potentially privileged by the government. Dearie will resolve any disputes on privilege.
The final log of privilege designations is due to Dearie on or before Oct. 21.
The special master will not decide whether Trump shall receive any of the seized materials back until after Cannon rules on any objections to his plan.
Trump has already motioned for the return of property.
Trump must submit a brief in support of the motion no less than seven days after Cannon finishes ruling on the case management plan and any objections. The government will then respond, and Trump can respond to the government’s response.
Either party can request an oral argument.
Dearie said that he will “promptly issue a report and recommendation after briefing and oral argument has been completed.” Cannon has the final say on the motion.
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Asking a bunch of liars who lied to the judge that is asking for them to swear they’re telling the truth this time.
Sounds like a plan!
exactly- the lying liars are asked to swear that they didn’t lie- of course swearing and oaths mean nothing to lying liars-
As if they wouldn’t lie.
whoever signs that, well...
Wants a government official to swear that the government properly listed items taken from Trump’s home in August>>> Hey special idiot. They are liars.
If the plan is put into place, Trump should then respond with a list of
items NOT listed by the government and that were not seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Get it?
Judge Dearie says that he wants another Judge to help him with his job...Former U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein. My feeling is, if he isn’t qualified to do the job by himself, why was he chosen?
Trumps decisions are so frustrating at times.
The originating agency should be asked to mark each document declassified if possible or give a document specific reason.
There are 11,000 documents.
What bothers me is that the way this is going there is a tier of justice for rich people (Trump) and a different tier for regular folk. Why in the world does Trump have to pay Dreary’s salary and now the assistant judge who will be paid at $500/hour for at least 90 days?
Only a rich person could afford that . To make justice a level field, Trump should not have to pay for anything, his bill should be zero.
All but 700 pages should be handed back to Trump.
Dearie can sort through the 700 disputed pages himself.
Pile 1 - probably marked right
Pile 2 - probably should be marked declassified
The FBI should be made to pay for both of the Judges since they were the ones who raided his house, and took all those documents without disclosing what they had actually taken. Hell, when I worked in NY State Corrections, if you searched an inmate's cell, he was allowed to be present while you did it, and if you confiscated anything, you had to give him a signed receipt listing everything you took. I don't know how the FBI gets away with helping themselves to anything they want from someone's property, and not being required to provide a detailed list of everything they have taken before they, and the stuff they confiscate leaves the property.
Nothing should have been removed except if it met the requirements of the warrant.
And, a government judge is going to decide whether the government overstepped its lawful powers.
Make it a pinky swear! That way its most honest to goodness swearing!
What the hell have we turned into? Liars swear to anything...means nothing to them.
The purpose of the oath or affirmation in this case isn’t to establish that something is, in fact, TRUE. It’s to identify the specific points of fact where the two opposing parties are presenting conflicting information.
Imagine a lawsuit between two drivers who were involved in a car accident. Driver #1 states that he was driving at the posted speed limit of 35 mph and drove into the intersection when the light was green. Driver #2 states that Driver #1 may have been driving at the posted speed limit, but that the light was red when he entered the intersection.
The judge in the case uses these two statements to establish that the speed of the vehicle driven by Driver #1 is not relevant to the case because it’s not a fact in dispute. The only matter for the court to consider would be whether the light was red or green when Driver #1 entered the intersection.
Pile 3:
FBI were in the areas with no Trump lawyers or staff allowed inside to observe.
So pile three will be pages brought in by the FBI and planted.
Because of Pile 3, the whole “case” must be thrown out and all documents returned to Maralego.
Even Pile 3, which need to be marked “Planted by FBI.”
To be used as evidence in the prosecution of the FBI and Biden and his Cabinent members involved or having knowledge of the crimes.
Yeah. The law. Lol.
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