Alaska is run by Republicans. Republicans decided to implement ranked choice voting. Palin thinks her loss is somehow the fault of Biden and Pelosi.
Suck on that you ignorant witch!
Finding out has not quit early for the long weekend.
I would not be shocked if they did not record the whole seizure process.
Republicans there put this system in place specifically to try to oust Lisa Murkowski. Their scam backfired on them. Thoughts and prayers.
The judge hearing Trumpās āspecial masterā request has blocked the media from reporting the hearing in real time. There is absolutely no reason to grant the SM, and plenty of reasons not to. So sheās going to allow it and doesnāt want us to see how ridiculous she looks doing it.
I havenāt looked into it mainly because I donāt feel like angering myself any more than usual, but what is the practical impact of granting a special master for the documents and if the DOJ has already gone through the documents what difference at this point does it make?
From what Iāve heard, the answers to your questions are that it will mainly delay things. If, on some odd chance, some records are deemed to fall under executive privilege, then they just go to the National Archives anyway, which is the gist of it all. I donāt see many records being attorney/client, so that shouldnāt be important.
And, youāre correct, DOJ has already seen them, so it wonāt hinder their investigation.
As JBM said, itās a delay tactic, which is Trump legal strategy 101. The delay could be substantial, though.
The DOJ asked that any SM review be complete by the end of September, which would be bad enough. But if the judge appoints someone without a security clearance, everything stops pending them acquiring a security clearance. If the SM is proposed by Trump, they might not get clearance (itāll be Jared), so how long does it take to reset and appoint a new SM and start their clearance process?
All the while, human intelligence assets around the globe are being caught and executed. Until there can be a damage assessment done on the classified material, it will be hard to stop the (literal) bleeding.
The bottom line here is, though, that this isnāt Trumpās stuff! There is no justification for everything to be subject to a review when he should not have fucking had it in the first place. The crook who got caught for having stolen our shit is demanding that he gets to keep everything while he makes sure that none of his stuff got intermingled with our stuff. Thatās bullshit. And this judge is going to rule that way anyway.
Declaring a fetus as a person under the 14th amendment is going to open up a whole new multi-lane freeway of controlling women.
Pregnant? Thatās two plane tickets, sister. All you can eat buffet? Gotta pay for two.
Hopefully they get our shit back from Obamaās warehouse in Chicago too.
If the DOJ has already seen the recovered documents, what are Trumpās people trying to delay? You want some other idiot to go rooting through everything? OK, donāt mind us, weāre just over here with the grand jury.
Trump says the FBI was looking for Hillaryās emails.
I canāt wait to hear how that totally makes sense.
He kicks the can down the road until he runs out of road. Thereās no sense to it. Itās just what he does.
Presumably they hope the special master will make some sort or recommendation on executive privilege or declassification which the judge could bless resulting in a short term exoneration pending an appeal and further kicking of cans down roads.
Worse. The judge, by allowing a special master, is tacitly accepting that Trumpās executive privilege claims have merit, and that he has some rights over the stolen documents.
Thatās nuts.
I wonder if this guy is tired of winning yet?
Thereās no need to have a special master simply because of claims of executive privilege. The judge has the authority to review the documents and make privilege determinations no matter what. Itās just another layer of delay and cover.
If the master is independent, how is that likely to help Trump?