Trump's Own Attorney General Says 'Special Master' Decision ‘Is Wrong’
Trump's alleged crimes don't turn on specific content within the documents taken from his home, according to Bill Barr
Attorneys, former prosecutors, and others have forcefully criticized federal Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to allow Donald Trump to have a so-called “special master” review the documents that the Department of Justice (DOJ) retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.
But perhaps no critique has been more damning than the former president's own one-time attorney general denouncing the ruling.
Cannon this week ruled that a so-called “special master” will be named to sift through the top secret and other national security materials which FBI agents seized last month from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
That review must occur before further prosecution of Trump can take place, for allegedly removing sensitive documents from the government following the end of his term in office.
Myriad attorneys have said in recent days that Cannon — a very new judge appointed by Trump following his November 2020 election loss — had little to no real basis on which to make such a stunning ruling.
Even former attorney general William “Bill” Barr, who developed an oversized reputation for defending Trump while in office, called Cannon's decision “wrong.”
“The opinion, I think was wrong, and I think the government should appeal it. It’s deeply flawed in a number of ways. I don’t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up. But even if it does, I don’t see it fundamentally changing the trajectory,” Barr said. “In other words, I don’t think it changes the ball game so much as maybe we’ll have a rain delay for a couple of innings.
“But I think the fundamental dynamics of the case are set, which is the government has very strong evidence of what it really needs to determine whether a charge is appropriate, which is government documents were taken, classified information was taken and not handled appropriately, and they are looking into, and there’s some evidence to suggest that they were deceived,” he added, in an on-camera appearance on Fox News Tuesday. “And none of that really relates to the content of documents. It relates to the fact that there were documents there.”
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