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LetMyPeopleVote

(145,794 posts)
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 12:08 PM Sep 2022

DENIED! Trump-Appointed Judge Says Trump Must Pay FULL Cost of Mar-a-Lago Special Master Review

I hope that the special master gets a retainer. TFG's latest counsel got a $3 million retainer because no one trusts TFG to pay his bills



https://www.mediaite.com/news/denied-trump-appointed-judge-says-trump-must-pay-full-cost-of-mar-a-lago-special-master-review/

Trump-appointed District Court Judge Aileen Cannon gave former president Donald Trump almost everything he asked for, but denied his legal team’s request to saddle American taxpayers with half the cost of the Special Master review of documents seized during the FBI in the search of Mar-a-Lago.

Cannon had previously ruled that not only should a special master must be appointed to review the seized documents, she enjoined the Justice Department from using the documents in its investigation of Trump for crimes involving the Espionage Act in the interim.

In a joint filing laying out areas of agreement and disagreement between the DoJ and Team Trump, the two sides submitted their own candidates for Special Master, and argued over who would pay for the review, as well as whether the DoJ would be permitted to continue their review of the 100 classified documents seized.
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DENIED! Trump-Appointed Judge Says Trump Must Pay FULL Cost of Mar-a-Lago Special Master Review (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 OP
A nut finds a blind squirrel. Girard442 Sep 2022 #1
Hah! UTUSN Sep 2022 #5
Since she's hampering the espionage case against tRUMP, she therefore is aiding and abetting SWBTATTReg Sep 2022 #2
At least she did *something* right. Ocelot II Sep 2022 #3
It won't matter to him. He has millions of chumps online.They love to get scammed Walleye Sep 2022 #4
Not paying would be a great way for tfg to keep delaying. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #6
I guess IQ 45 turned down her secret shot gun wedding in Vegas proposal. GreenWave Sep 2022 #7
She could have a nice, quiet job teaching yoga, and might even be qualified for it. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #8
Or other opportunities are out there... Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #19
Should also be cash up front and if not then it means cstanleytech Sep 2022 #9
So the special master will be on Trumps payroll fescuerescue Sep 2022 #10
This observation is under-rated. NullTuples Sep 2022 #12
I see it differently. Trump asks for special treatment, he should pay for it Raven123 Sep 2022 #15
Will Trump pay up? tetedur Sep 2022 #11
nope. AllaN01Bear Sep 2022 #13
And the back and forth about payment will take months and months and months. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #20
Since when has he paid up? sakabatou Sep 2022 #18
Just another grifting opportunity for the grifter. Demobrat Sep 2022 #14
A real billionaire would consider these costs chump change. Pepsidog Sep 2022 #16
TFG has to pay 100% of the cost of the special master LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #17
Special Master fundraiser, help stop the "deep-state." sarcasmo Sep 2022 #21
How much might that cost? Owl Sep 2022 #22

SWBTATTReg

(22,191 posts)
2. Since she's hampering the espionage case against tRUMP, she therefore is aiding and abetting
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 12:19 PM
Sep 2022

tRUMP's crime of espionage and preventing the government from moving more swiftly in pinpointing what happened to these missing documents (they could already be in the hands of foreign intelligence and on their way out of the Country). I would say that National Security trumps everything that she's so concerned about in having tRUMP suffer so much, from (1) his crimes he committed against this Country) (2) our government must move quickly to pinpoint where all of these documents (the ones still missing, still unaccounted for) and seize those documents that they can still stop our foreign adversaries from using this information.

She is guilty just as much as tRUMP is in Espionage. Arrest her!

Ocelot II

(115,947 posts)
3. At least she did *something* right.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 12:36 PM
Sep 2022

And maybe this decision will make TFG a little less enthusiastic about having the special master look at every single document just to prolong the process. All of a sudden he'll be all, Can't you hurry it up, I'm not paying you to read every fucking word, let's get this thing done! I hope Dearie's hourly rate is crushing.

GreenWave

(6,796 posts)
7. I guess IQ 45 turned down her secret shot gun wedding in Vegas proposal.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 01:01 PM
Sep 2022

Now it is pay back time! (I cannot think why she burdened her god IQ45 with this!)

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
12. This observation is under-rated.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:39 PM
Sep 2022

I realize Trump likely has to pay the court which than pays the actual expenses, but the optics are terrible and it opens the door for Trump to offer the SM a little extra on the side.

Raven123

(4,919 posts)
15. I see it differently. Trump asks for special treatment, he should pay for it
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 03:05 PM
Sep 2022

Besides, even if the government did pay for the SM, Trump could bribe anyway. If Garland accepts Dearie, I do too.

Scrivener7

(51,075 posts)
20. And the back and forth about payment will take months and months and months.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 04:31 PM
Sep 2022

Just the way he likes it.

sakabatou

(42,198 posts)
18. Since when has he paid up?
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 03:36 PM
Sep 2022

Trump has never done such a thing, and had to be taken to court multiple times.

Demobrat

(9,030 posts)
14. Just another grifting opportunity for the grifter.
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 02:58 PM
Sep 2022

The chumps will hand over $100 million and the special master and his staff still won’t get paid.

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)
21. Special Master fundraiser, help stop the "deep-state."
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 04:33 PM
Sep 2022


The "Billionaire" who begs for money will have a new e-begging site up soon.
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