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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Special Master is bringing in a retired federal magistrate to help him sort through 11,000 pages
& charging Trump an extra $500/hr for him!
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Phoenix61
(16,949 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(56,885 posts)Emile
(21,887 posts)blogslug
(37,955 posts)Orenstein spent 16 years as a federal magistrate in the same Brooklyn courthouse where Dearie sits. Orenstein drew attention several years ago for his role in what was semi-sarcastically dubbed the magistrates revolt rulings from a smattering of federal magistrate judges across the country questioning government tactics in warrant applications seeking electronic data.
Can we explain Trumps reaction to the DOJ probe in 2 minutes? A POLITICO reporter tries (and fails, again)
In 2016, Orenstein issued a controversial ruling rejecting prosecutors arguments that a two-century-old federal law gave the government the right to command Apple to assist in unlocking an iPhone used by an alleged drug dealer. The judges pro-privacy stance in that matter may have led the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to appoint him to a list of approved friends of the court who provide their perspective on surveillance requests.
Dearie proposed that the former magistrate, who has a top secret clearance, be paid $500 an hour for work on the Trump documents case. The federal judge who named Dearie as special master, Florida-based Aileen Cannon, has previously ruled that Trump must assume all expenses related to the review...
link to the filing: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.106.0_1.pdf
Ocelot II
(115,267 posts)so he isn't getting paid extra for his work. However, in order to get the review done quickly he's bringing on more help, all of which which TFG will have to pay for. Also:
RainCaster
(10,673 posts)He will stiff the courts, it's how he has always operated.
tetedur
(814 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Maeve
(42,223 posts)nuxvomica
(12,360 posts)They can delay all they want but they have to pay extra for it, and what they are paying extra for is reducing the delay.
Novara
(5,753 posts)... which left LOT LESS for Dearie to review. That number appears to include all the classified documents.
I'd like to see this confirmed.
GregariousGroundhog
(7,497 posts)I don't know how many non-classified documents these 11,000 pages encompasses nor do I know how many pages those 100 classified documents were.
Novara
(5,753 posts)... in listening to legal experts talking about this, that 11,000-page number seems to encompass ALL of the material, including the classified documents. In other words, I heard that 11,000 was the entire haul.
I think somebody has some of the numbers wrong, not that it's really important.
It's pretty damned humorous that insisting on having a special master may cost him. It may cost him a LOT of money.
Once presented with the estimated charges, you think he'll say, "Never mind"? Naw, he'll grift and steal the money.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)He requests the special master to slow things down, then the special master proceeds to speed things up with a $500/hour assistant and tight deadlines. How long before Trump asks to speak with the manager about the lousy service he is getting?
IowaGuy
(776 posts)Previously, he has been known to spend much more per hour to get screwed.