You can be sure the special master will keep this case tied up for years and years.

[Kablooie]

This can be appealed which will take time,
The special master can make insane claims over each item that will have to be litigated.
This open and shut case is now essentially gone.
Trump once again wins by preventing it ever to be resolved.

[Walleye]

1. So they are honoring his claim that evidence found with his dirty clothes and magazines was privileg

How privileged can it be when so many people had access to it?

[Heather MC]

2. The Judge made a point of saying

This was not to interfere with the investigation
it basically an opportunity for Trump to feel like he won something.

They have already reviewed the docs.

this judge is trash tho! this ruling is strictly political theater

[Kablooie]

3. Ordering the investigation halted is not interfering?

It’s clearly interfering no matter what Trumps judge says.
Just watch as a (neutral) Trump sympathizer is assigned to be the master.
If the DOJ objects it will have to be litigated which will slow down and interfere even more.

[femmedem]

5. +1.

As far as appealing goes, the DOJ is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.

[femmedem]

4. Yes, they've reviewed the documents. But they can't use them in a criminal investigation

until the Special Master concludes his or her investigation. So this could delay the DOJ's case indefinitely.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Judge could set a time limit for the Special Master to act.

[Kablooie]

7. The judge is obviously a Trumpee so that won't happen.

Trumps strategy is to always do extreme things that the DOJ has to object to. Each one has to be litigated which delays the resolution. Now that Trump has been given an opening he can exploit it indefinitely so the case will never go to trial.

Don’t celebrate trumps downfall unless it has actually happened

[OLDMDDEM]

8. The special master will be gone on DOJ appeal.

[Kablooie]

9. An appeal will have to be approved by go through 2 higher courts and SCOTUS

Which could take months or years.
It won’t be appealed at least not all of it.
And Trump gets to pick the master.
Trump may get away scot free from this crime just like he has from every other crime all his life.

[Solomon]

10. Not to mention the enormous legal fees

he/she is going enjoy going over each and every document. Instant gravy.

They ought to make Trump pay for it.