“You can’t have your cake and eat it, too”: Special master prods Trump lawyers for answers, speed
urged the Trump side to spell out its position on the question of roughly 100 documents marked classified that were taken by FBI agents as part of a court-authorized search of Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8.
When Trump defense attorney James M. Trusty told Dearie that he should not be forced to disclose declarations and witness statements yet, Dearie replied: “My view is you can’t have your cake and eat it, too" — signaling that he may not have much patience for that argument as the special master review proceeds.Dearie was appointed by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M.
It was an inauspicious start for Trump’s engagement with a special master, which the former president had requested after the FBI’s court-approved search. After finding a largely receptive audience in Cannon, Trump’s lawyers struggled to provide convincing answers to Dearie on classification, a central issue in the case.Justice Department lawyers clashed with Trusty at the hearing over whether Trump’s legal advisers should have quick access to the classified documents.
At the hearing Tuesday, prosecutors signaled that if they failed at the appeals court level, they would consider appealing again to the Supreme Court.Prosecutors say the search of Trump’s home, club, and office was necessary to recover highly sensitive national security papers, following months of prevaricating by Trump’s legal team about what classified documents he had in his possession after leaving the White House and whether he had given them all back to the government.
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