A veteran judge from New York has been appointed to independently review classified record seized from Donald Trump’s Florida resort last month and mediated a federal investigation into the former president.
Honourable. Raymond Deary U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon, was declared by court documents as special master in the case. has shown, Dearie was one of two potential third-party legal experts suggested to Canon by Trump’s team. He was selected as an acceptable candidate after the consent of the Justice Department.
Dearie, 78, a native of Rockville Center, New York, served as a top judge on Brooklyn’s federal court from 1986 to 2011, before taking on a reduced caseload and as a foreign intelligence surveillance court judge. was serving, According to His official biography.
He will now be responsible for reviewing the archive of files the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8 and separating any personal material or documents that may be subject to claims of attorney-client or executive privilege. Dearie had until November 30 to complete its classification and review – six weeks more than the Fed’s request, the order said.
Dearie’s appointment marked a second initial legal victory for the Trump team, which had appealed to the court to implement a third-party arbitrator, over concerns the government “applied, leak and publicize” details of the investigation.
The DOJ argued that a special master was not required and said that Trump had no right to exercise executive privilege claims. Its investigation has been halted since September 5, when Cannon – a Trump appointee – granted him the Special Master.
According to prosecutors, the Fed confiscated nearly 11,000 documents from Trump’s resort and more than 300 other classified documents that were in his possession after he left office.
The potential 2024 presidential candidate is under investigation for obstruction of justice and possible violations of the Espionage Act, sealed federal document has shown.