Judge Set To Rule On Trump Request For Special Master

Federal judge Aileen Cannon is to decide on former President Trump's request to have a special master to review the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports from outside the courthouse.


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Judge Set To Rule On Trump Request For Special Master

[maoscott]

"Those were planted, and they're mine, and I want them back, and I declassified them..."

Any of us would be locked up already.

[ricksmith]

I am SO tired of having to deal with this insane man for 5 years

either throw him in jail or remove him from the news completely

biggest roller coaster ride ever

[scph]

"I love the poorly educated"
Who knew Trump was talking about his criterion for lawyers!

[hollyhold]

This is like drug dealers making a big stink over, "I didn't stack all my drugs up on a table like that!!!"

[dmpk]

She just admitted she's always in his office with him and supposedly "knows" what's in there. Get yourself a good lawyer lady!

[antoniopannuti]

"There were people coming and going"? OMG. This is insanity!

[DavidJ]

Trump: "If they wanted the documents back, all they had to do was ask."

National Archives: "We were asking for more than a year."

Trump: "Yes, but you failed to persuade me to return the documents, so it's actually your fault. Which makes me the victim."

This is how the mind of the criminally insane works.

[alexisglaab]

They want a special master to delay things, let's face reality. Trump's primary tactic for legal woes has always been to delay, delay, delay and hope the other side runs out of interest/money.

[ginagina]

I think it's funny that Trumps lawyers go on live TV and blab about what goes on at Trumps office at Mar A Loco. Incriminating themselves even further. First rule, never go on TV and talk about your case.

[DavidJ]

The bottom line is that Trump never should have taken those documents to begin with.

“Trump’s position that he may override the express will of the executive branch appears to be premised on the notion that his executive power exists in perpetuity.
But Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President."
-- Judge Tanya S. Chutkan

Mic drop.  🎤

[ministryoftruth]

And I thought that Giuliani's team of "lawyers" for Trump were scraped up from the bottom of the legal barrel; but this team...

[fistof]

Why do we keep accommodating this traitor.??? Should or shall .?? Do something or we will pay for his actions. Find out what he did and why he needed those documents at his home/golf course.??? Why.??

[I]

Don't forget to Vote in ROEvember.
And, for every Gov official election,
even for Dog Catcher. People have
become wise and vigilant to where
it begins. Let's hope we keep it up!

[junheceta]

I love the fact that neither Trump nor his lawyers know when to keep their mouths shut.

[michaelbeaver]

Well, she admitted the documents were in DJT's office and that he frequently had visitors in his office. Inference: the former president showed these documents to guests.

[jackcass]

When your defense is "The FBI made a mess" you're pretty much F-ed.

[toddwilliams]

President Putin would never let him leave those papers lying on the floor.

[Sundae_Times]

More hilarity from Drumpf on Truth Social: _They took them out of cartons and spread them around on the carpet, making it look like a big “find” for them. They dropped them, not me - Very deceiving_

[surlyguvna]

I hope DOJ searches ALL his properties and Ivana's empty coffin.

[Keithlfpieterse]

THEFT OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION; OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND INTENTION TO COMMIT HIGH TREASON. Arrest that man.