Judge hands the DOJ a big win over Donald Trump
When Donald Trump waited two weeks to request a special master in the DOJ criminal probe against him, it felt like too little too late. Sure enough, the DOJ revealed in court on Monday that it had already finished sorting the evidence it seized from Trump’s home. This means Trump has likely blown it. Now it’s gotten even worse for him.
The DOJ also requested on Monday that it be allowed to make a forty page court filing summarizing its investigation into Trump thus far. Now the judge has approved that request. Why is this such a big deal?
Trump’s motion is so weak, the DOJ could perhaps defeat it with a simple two page filing. The DOJ’s request for a forty page court filing makes clear that it wants to put a significant amount of information out there about its Trump probe – presumably so that it can publicly correct every piece of misinformation that Trump and his allies have tried to put out there. In other words, the DOJ basically gets to file a lengthy press release about its Trump probe, while doing it within the proper scope of this kind of criminal probe.
There’s a good chance Donald Trump is going to end up regretting having filed for a special master to begin with. Not only is it too late for a special master to really delay anything, it’s now also prompted the judge to let the DOJ submit a forty page thesis about just how guilty Trump is.
