federal judge for the Southern District of Florida Aileen Cannon denied a US State Department request for access to classified documents stolen from her Mar-a-Lago residence this Thursday. former US President Donald Trump. Instead, Cannon appointed a special expert recommended by the Trump legal team. review the confidentiality of documents Before he was extradited to federal agents, as requested by the former US president, CNN reported.
Raymond Dearie, former federal judge in New York, Trump’s proposed candidate, was eventually chosen to act as an expert and examine the confiscated documents, although he should have done so before 30 November. The decision came after the Justice Department accepted a proposal by Trump’s legal team last Monday to appoint Raymond Dearie as an expert witness. As experts, retired federal judges Barbara Jones and Thomas Griffith, their proposals did not go along the chain outlined above.
Dearie was recommended last week by Trump’s lawyers amid a legal battle over whether anyone outside of the investigation should review the documents to determine whether any of the federal prosecutors investigating possible misuse of the materials should be kept confidential. classified and possible concealment, manipulation or destruction of government records. The 78-year-old expert-appointed judge until recently served as a judge in Brooklyn federal court, albeit in a higher state. He was nominated by former President Ronald Reagan to the Federal Court of New York.
However, the decision to appoint an expert delays a high-profile criminal investigation, at least temporarily About possible misuse of confidential information at the former president’s Florida home and club, as well as possible concealment, manipulation or destruction of government records.
Among the documents collected by FBI agents during the raid on the Mar-a-Lago residence last month, some classified files that would even describe a foreign government’s military defenseincluding nuclear capabilities.