Trump wanted a special master to review the materials seized at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, granted that request. Fine. Team Trump was more than OK with the selection of Judge Raymond Dearie as the special master. Me, too. Judge Dearie is highly respected for his objectivity, impartiality and judicial demeanor. So far, so good.
But then Judge Dearie made a series of decisions that Cannon found politically unpalatable. She wrongly assumed that Judge Dearie is as deep in Trump’s tank as she is.
She has since overruled the special master she selected, delaying the review of documents by at least a couple of weeks and reversing Dearie’s ruling that Trump has to back up his unfounded claim that the FBI planted evidence.
This is outrageous. No evidence required? How very Trumpian of this “judge.”
Justice has not been blind in this case. But it has been crippled.