A federal judge on Monday agreed with Donald Trump’s lawyers to appoint an independent arbiter known as a special master to review top-secret documents seized during an FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, nominated by Trump while president, ordered the Justice Department to stop reviewing the documents.
The move delays the federal investigation into whether he violated the Espionage Act and other federal laws. Elie Mystal, the justice correspondent for The Nation, weighs in on the multiple open investigations of Trump and whether the media’s focus on them is helping his reelection for president. His latest article is titled “Trump Is a Criminal—Will Any of These 4 Investigations Snare Him?”
