This should have been expected. And really means nothing in the long run.
A special master, even dragging their ass, shouldn’t take more than 60 days. I assume the FBI gets docs as they are cleared. At the same time, Trump gets back “his stuff.”
But documents created during his term in his function as President are not his.
If his annual government check up, done at Walter Reed by military docs, is in that bunch of things….it IS the property of the government. They would need to treat it first under HIPPA, then under NARA rules.
The thing is that a lot of commentators haven’t read the rules and they equate the FBI c9ming into their homes and taking their documents. They assume Hillary is treated under the same Presidential records acts.
The goal here isn’t to put Trump in jail. The goal is to make him seem unPresidential. And silly things like proper treatment of historical documents is one way to do that.
So, instead of an indictment coming out in October, it will come out in November.
So, while this seems like a Trump victory…it’s not that big of a deal.
They need to pick a Master……the clock starts ticking.
Then the Master needs to sift through all the seized items and documents alone without a team……tick….tick….tick.
Then BooYa! Midterm election arrives and this political raid is a dud as the Master isn’t finished before then.