Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
“The Justice Department filed court papers Monday signaling that it would accept a former chief federal judge in New York as a special master charged with reviewing papers seized by the FBI from former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and club,” the Washington Post reports.
“U.S. District Court judge Aileen Cannon still must approve Raymond Dearie’s appointment for the document review — which has stalled the Justice Department’s criminal probe — to go forward.”
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