“Former President Donald Trump’s request that a judge intervene in the criminal investigation into his hoarding of government documents by appointing a special master increasingly looks like a significant blunder,” the New York Times reports.
Said legal scholar Peter Shane: “Maybe from Trump’s point of view, creating delay and chaos is always a plus, but this has the feel of a giant backfire.”
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