Oh, Dearie

Trump and his lawyers may have met their match in, ironically, the very person they recommended with the Justice department's approval to be the "special master" that Judge Aileen Cannon (who is so similar to Judge Kathryn Mizelle that they must be the same person) ordered to review documents the FBI found at Mar-a-Lago.

Judge Raymond Dearie (above) began making requests for the documents he wanted to review but Trump's lawyers held them back, saying they didn't want to open up any documents that might lead to their client getting indicted. This perplexed Judge Dearie, who responded that if the lawyers didn't have any documents to provide there was nothing for him to see.  Trump's lawyers have made the claim that some of these documents -  especially classified ones - may have been planted, and Judge Dearie angrily responded that he wants to see proof of that claim.

I think Trump's legal team is made up of lawyers who graduated from Ed's Law School Degree Company of Delevan, Indiana.      

Also, Trump says that many of these classified documents have actually been declassified - he declassified them.  He just thought about doing it, and that automatically declassified them.

I think I'm going to my local Mercedes-Benz dealership this week to get the SL Class convertible I purchased when I simply thought about buying one.

Meanwhile, a three-judge panel on the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - two of the judges Trump appointees - overruled Judge Cannon's directive that barred the Justice Department from looking at documents in its investigation an said that the Justice Department could resume examining them.  They found Judge Cannon's reasoning faulty and unfathomable.  Among other things.  She's clearly a loose Cannon.

I can't explain all of this in great detail.  I advise you to watch Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC program at 10:00 P.M. Eastern, where he has been explaining all of this better than I could ever hope to. 

Master of Bullsh**

Donald Trump, somehow, inexplicably (unless you ever heard of the words transactional favor) convinced a judge he appointed in the lame-duck period of his Presidency that a special master ought to look at the government documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago to ensure that they are all classified documents that the government is entitled to have.  The judge doesn't even think they really are classified. 

Trump got exactly what he wanted.  The presumptive special master, retired federal judge Raymond Dearie, is thought to be a man of principle and diligence who will play far to both Trump and the Justice Department.  He's also known for examining documents very slowly,  the judicial equivalent of a secretary who types up letters with one finger.  The Justice Department is now weighing a potential appeal of the special-master ruling and may, by appealing, delay their investigation of Trump more than it already is.  Which is how Trump gets away with everything - slow the legal process down until public investigators simply throw up their hands.

And if the Justice Department does have plans to indict Trump, he's hinted that very bad things will happen.  That is, his supporters will raid the Capitol again and possibly lynch the House and Senate Democratic leadership.

The Justice Department won't indict Trump, of course - not because they're afraid of opening a Pandora's box but because Trump has successfully prevented them from building a case against him. 

I never thought that a vulgar New York real estate developer promoted by gossip columnists would be the avatar of America's downfall. 😠