(a conservative lawyer who has served in Florida state government).īoth parties were instructed to respond to each other's candidates today. Dearie (appointed by Ronald Reagan) and Paul Huck, Jr. Trump's picks are senior federal Judge Raymond J. The Justice Department has proposed two former federal judges for the job: Barbara Jones (appointed by Bill Clinton) and Thomas Griffith (a George W. District Judge Aileen Cannon approved Trump's request. Federal prosecutors say the special master proceedings are harming national security by preventing them from using classified material in their criminal probe.Įach side submitted two picks to be special master for the case on Friday, after U.S. They described the criminal investigation as a document storage dispute that's gotten out of control, and said Trump has an "unfettered right" to access those presidential records. Responding on Monday to the DOJ's latest attempt to block the move, Trump's lawyers reaffirmed their call for a special master to review the recovered documents, which they said may not actually be classified.
It's not just that the two sides don't see eye to eye about whether a special master should be part of the proceedings in the first place - they disagree on fundamental details including who should fill the role, how long the process should take and who should cover the costs, as a joint court filing submitted on Friday reveals. The Justice Department and lawyers representing former president Donald Trump continue to tussle over his request for a special master to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago.
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