Originally Posted by
Seran
Has nothing to do with what is or isn't public record, classified national security documents are protected by attorney client privilege or the Trump teams pipe dream that Trump has executive privilege. They're documents produced by the executive branch, owned by the Federal government, and illegally in the possession of a citizen. Executive privilege doesn't apply, thus a special master to review classified materials needn't be appointed. The DOJ has attempted to meet in the middle, allowing a special master of non classified information such as Trump's memos from his advisors, which is an incredibly relevant carve out.
It is 100% about what is on public record. Courts in the US are built on transparency. This one, since it possibly involves classified documents and that is a key part of the case, cannot be. We couldn't even see 90% of the warrant information. You can jam your ears and scream as loud as you want, but you know this is true.
You are the one trying to compare this to a GTA case, yet in a GTA case, the entire warrant and court documents would be visible to the entire public.
Last edited by Gelston; 09-09-2022 at 02:28 PM.
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