The Republican Judges nominated by DOJ for Special Master will not be good enough for Trump.

[kentuck]

Unless they are "his" judges.

He has to know he can manipulate them or, at the very least, influence them.

If Judge Cannon chooses one of Trump's picks over the DOJ's, we will know the fix is in.

By the end of the week, we will know if the DOJ is going to appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.

Let the games begin.

[Justice matters.]

1. The DoJ has already sorted the classified documents as they belong to the Government.

As they must.

They will never allow anyone other than President Joe Biden and a few of his high-level Cabinet members to "see" them (as they must).

If the Fascist-Society stooge does not agree with their appeal for a stay and the DoJ allowing the SM (whoever) to only view the trash they already sorted out (for only "client-attorney privileges" identification purposes), their appeal to the 11th Circuit is a done deal if she keeps putting the National Security of the United States at risk.

There is no such thing as "Executive Privilege" for the classified documents because they already belong to the Executive Branch.

[kentuck]

2. Is the Judge attempting to put off her decision on the documents until after...?

....after the Special Master is appointed?

...never a moment they are not trying to deceive.

[Justice matters.]

4. The DoJ motion gave her up to September 15 (Thursday) to change her ruling.

Absent the Fascist-Society positive response concerning the requested stay for the FBI & IC to resume the investigation (the IC cannot "assess" the damages to the National Security without the FBI's investigation tools that it needs to do so), the DoJ will go over her head.

If she rules that the agreed-to SM must "view" the classified documents as well as the "trash" the DoJ will also go over her stupidly dangerous head.

[kentuck]

6. Since she seems to be doing the bidding of Donald Trump...

My guess is that she will rule that the SM will have to review all of the documents, including those classified?

[Justice matters.]

9. If she does that, she will extend the probable damages to the NS of the U.S.

Running amok, until the 11th-Circuit appeals court will rule (either to allow the IC working WITH the FBI to assess damages and not let the SM "see" the classified documents, or to hold her very dangerously ignorant-of-how-the-IC-and-the-FBI-work-together-since-some-time-after-9/11, which would extend the perils until the USSC final ruling, if any).

RepubliQons don't care about the NS of the US, nor about the Rule of Law (until they comply to the DoJ's requests).

[kentuck]

10. Since he stole and concealed the secret documents...

..he obviously does not care about national security. If she agrees with him, then she is not overly concerned about national security either.

The Appeals Court should rule that the Trump team has no standing in this case and has no right to any of the documents and dismiss it outright. Trump's wish is to delay and get it to the Supreme Court. Then he will have someone to blame. And that is important to him, even if he is guilty.

[Justice matters.]

11. I think the DoJ will file an appeal to let the IC work with the FBI as it must.

And let them do their job. Many classified documents remain missing. Until the day the DoJ (and thus, the IC, which is now a division of the FBI - since some time after 9/11 - a fact Aileen QAnnon ignores...) will know what happened to these files, the National Security of the United States of America will remain in peril.

Allies have already started to discuss if it's time for them to stop sharing intel for as long as the orange menace will not be locked up in isolation for life.

[kentuck]

14. They will never know how much damage has already been done.

And Trump isn't talking.

[Justice matters.]

15. Once sentenced to (let's say "lifetime" like 200 to 300 years...), maybe he'll "negotiate" for

immunity and promise to never "run" again in exchange for those important informations?

[Justice matters.]

16. AND "better" not LIE again... even just 1 "little" or "big" lie and...

straight locked up in total isolation 24-hours a day. (He "would" die in prison.)

[JohnSJ]

3. I think the DOJ will appeal regardless. They are first trying to get the

classified documents out of the picture without an appeal process if possible, then they will appeal that all the documents are not trump’s, but the government

[kentuck]

5. Yep.

I think you are correct.

Once the classified documents are out of the equation, they can then make an appeal to the Appeals court that the documents do not belong to Donald Trump and he has no claim to any executive privilege.

It will be much simplified once the classified documents are protected.

[malaise]

7. Someone needs to explain to me how a common criminal has any say

about who should review documents that he stole?

[kentuck]

8. Excellent question!

But Trump has used the justice system to his advantage his entire life. It is maybe the one area he excels in. He wants to get it to the Supreme Court so he can look "his" Justices in the eye and dare them to vote against him.

[dalton99a]

12. +1

[onenote]

13. Because until he's convicted of a crime, he's presumed innocent under our legal system

That's the way it works.