Former Republican Officials Ask Florida Judge To Throw Out Trump S Special Master Request

In an amicus brief filed before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, former U.S. Attorneys Donald Ayer, Gregory Brower, John Farmer Jr., Stuart Gerson and Peter Keisler urged her to deny Mr. Trump’s proposal to appoint a special master third party for review. the bundles of sensitive documents that FBI agents took from his home in Palm Beach, Fla., during an Aug. 8 search. They were joined in the invitation by two former Republican governors, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey and William Weld of Massachusetts. In earlier court filings, Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that Judge Cannon should appoint such a third-party reviewer and direct him to determine whether any of the documents – including those marked as classified at levels so top secret – should be protected from use against him under executive privilege. But the former GOP officials said issuing the relief Mr. Trump sought would be “unprecedented” for a number of reasons, including the fact that Mr. Trump has made no effort to formally invoke the executive privilege. If he did, they wrote, Judge Cannon would be barred from hearing the claim because US law requires executive privilege claims to be heard by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The former Republican attorneys general added that a special master would be a “waste of time” because Mr Trump’s claim of executive privilege – a claim against the executive branch that holds the privilege – is “manifestly frivolous”. “Here, the former President has not identified specific interests supporting his position, but the Executive Branch is seeking the seized records for essential constitutional functions: to conduct a criminal investigation and assess the damage caused by possible mishandling of classified information. The unprecedented appointment of a special master in this case would frustrate these essential and time-sensitive government functions,” they said. Although the former officials wrote that they are not taking a position on whether a special master should review seized materials to determine whether they are protected by attorney-client privilege, they said Mr. Trump’s lawyers “failed to explain why cases that concern the appointment of a special master to review for attorney-client privilege have any relevance,” because previous cases requiring special masters dealt with searches of attorneys’ homes and offices. The briefing from the former officials comes hours before Judge Cannon is set to hear arguments from the Justice Department and Mr. Trump’s legal team on whether to appoint a special master. The audition is set to take place in West Palm Beach, Florida at 2:00 PM ET.

title: “Former Republican Officials Ask Florida Judge To Throw Out Trump S Special Master Request Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Candace Jarzombek”

In an amicus brief filed before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, former U.S. Attorneys Donald Ayer, Gregory Brower, John Farmer Jr., Stuart Gerson and Peter Keisler urged her to deny Mr. Trump’s proposal to appoint a special master third party for review. the bundles of sensitive documents that FBI agents took from his home in Palm Beach, Fla., during an Aug. 8 search. They were joined in the invitation by two former Republican governors, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey and William Weld of Massachusetts. In earlier court filings, Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that Judge Cannon should appoint such a third-party reviewer and direct him to determine whether any of the documents – including those marked as classified at levels so top secret – should be protected from use against him under executive privilege. But the former GOP officials said issuing the relief Mr. Trump sought would be “unprecedented” for a number of reasons, including the fact that Mr. Trump has made no effort to formally invoke the executive privilege. If he did, they wrote, Judge Cannon would be barred from hearing the claim because US law requires executive privilege claims to be heard by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The former Republican attorneys general added that a special master would be a “waste of time” because Mr Trump’s claim of executive privilege – a claim against the executive branch that holds the privilege – is “manifestly frivolous”. “Here, the former President has not identified specific interests supporting his position, but the Executive Branch is seeking the seized records for essential constitutional functions: to conduct a criminal investigation and assess the damage caused by possible mishandling of classified information. The unprecedented appointment of a special master in this case would frustrate these essential and time-sensitive government functions,” they said. Although the former officials wrote that they are not taking a position on whether a special master should review seized materials to determine whether they are protected by attorney-client privilege, they said Mr. Trump’s lawyers “failed to explain why cases that concern the appointment of a special master to review for attorney-client privilege have any relevance,” because previous cases requiring special masters dealt with searches of attorneys’ homes and offices. The briefing from the former officials comes hours before Judge Cannon is set to hear arguments from the Justice Department and Mr. Trump’s legal team on whether to appoint a special master. The audition is set to take place in West Palm Beach, Florida at 2:00 PM ET.

title: “Former Republican Officials Ask Florida Judge To Throw Out Trump S Special Master Request Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-05” author: “Joann Perez”

In an amicus brief filed before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, former U.S. Attorneys Donald Ayer, Gregory Brower, John Farmer Jr., Stuart Gerson and Peter Keisler urged her to deny Mr. Trump’s proposal to appoint a special master third party for review. the bundles of sensitive documents that FBI agents took from his home in Palm Beach, Fla., during an Aug. 8 search. They were joined in the invitation by two former Republican governors, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey and William Weld of Massachusetts. In earlier court filings, Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that Judge Cannon should appoint such a third-party reviewer and direct him to determine whether any of the documents – including those marked as classified at levels so top secret – should be protected from use against him under executive privilege. But the former GOP officials said issuing the relief Mr. Trump sought would be “unprecedented” for a number of reasons, including the fact that Mr. Trump has made no effort to formally invoke the executive privilege. If he did, they wrote, Judge Cannon would be barred from hearing the claim because US law requires executive privilege claims to be heard by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The former Republican attorneys general added that a special master would be a “waste of time” because Mr Trump’s claim of executive privilege – a claim against the executive branch that holds the privilege – is “manifestly frivolous”. “Here, the former President has not identified specific interests supporting his position, but the Executive Branch is seeking the seized records for essential constitutional functions: to conduct a criminal investigation and assess the damage caused by possible mishandling of classified information. The unprecedented appointment of a special master in this case would frustrate these essential and time-sensitive government functions,” they said. Although the former officials wrote that they are not taking a position on whether a special master should review seized materials to determine whether they are protected by attorney-client privilege, they said Mr. Trump’s lawyers “failed to explain why cases that concern the appointment of a special master to review for attorney-client privilege have any relevance,” because previous cases requiring special masters dealt with searches of attorneys’ homes and offices. The briefing from the former officials comes hours before Judge Cannon is set to hear arguments from the Justice Department and Mr. Trump’s legal team on whether to appoint a special master. The audition is set to take place in West Palm Beach, Florida at 2:00 PM ET.

title: “Former Republican Officials Ask Florida Judge To Throw Out Trump S Special Master Request Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Bernardo Lang”

In an amicus brief filed before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, former U.S. Attorneys Donald Ayer, Gregory Brower, John Farmer Jr., Stuart Gerson and Peter Keisler urged her to deny Mr. Trump’s proposal to appoint a special master third party for review. the bundles of sensitive documents that FBI agents took from his home in Palm Beach, Fla., during an Aug. 8 search. They were joined in the invitation by two former Republican governors, Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey and William Weld of Massachusetts. In earlier court filings, Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that Judge Cannon should appoint such a third-party reviewer and direct him to determine whether any of the documents – including those marked as classified at levels so top secret – should be protected from use against him under executive privilege. But the former GOP officials said issuing the relief Mr. Trump sought would be “unprecedented” for a number of reasons, including the fact that Mr. Trump has made no effort to formally invoke the executive privilege. If he did, they wrote, Judge Cannon would be barred from hearing the claim because US law requires executive privilege claims to be heard by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The former Republican attorneys general added that a special master would be a “waste of time” because Mr Trump’s claim of executive privilege – a claim against the executive branch that holds the privilege – is “manifestly frivolous”. “Here, the former President has not identified specific interests supporting his position, but the Executive Branch is seeking the seized records for essential constitutional functions: to conduct a criminal investigation and assess the damage caused by possible mishandling of classified information. The unprecedented appointment of a special master in this case would frustrate these essential and time-sensitive government functions,” they said. Although the former officials wrote that they are not taking a position on whether a special master should review seized materials to determine whether they are protected by attorney-client privilege, they said Mr. Trump’s lawyers “failed to explain why cases that concern the appointment of a special master to review for attorney-client privilege have any relevance,” because previous cases requiring special masters dealt with searches of attorneys’ homes and offices. The briefing from the former officials comes hours before Judge Cannon is set to hear arguments from the Justice Department and Mr. Trump’s legal team on whether to appoint a special master. The audition is set to take place in West Palm Beach, Florida at 2:00 PM ET.