How long will it take to appeal the stolen documents case to the Supreme Court?

It appears that may be where it is headed.

The "Special Master" decision is so bad, it is difficult to see how they come up with a competent person to take the position that both sides can agree upon.

Is there any way the DOJ can accept a "Special Master" in a criminal investigation such as this? It serves no purpose except to give the former president the delay he desperately wants and needs.

If the decision is appealed, how long would it take to make it to the Supreme Court? And what might they decide once it gets there? There is no guarantee that they would not do something as crazy as the Trump judge Florida.

Perhaps it should be put on the back burner a while, and let it simmer until it is ready...?

Espionage is a very hot issue at this time. The passions are high. There is talk of civil wars. Violence is on the rise.

Maybe, in a few weeks, or several months, it will be ready to pour into the saucer, so everyone can see?

But, there is other work to do.

Someone invited a gang of violent people to come to Washington on January 6th, the day the electoral votes are counted from each state. They were incited to an insurrection and they marched on the Capitol. They threatened the lives of elected Representatives and even the Vice President. They were violent and destructive. They were a mob.

They were not lawful and they were not patriotic. They were quite the opposite.

The corrupt politicians in the White House, at that time, believed they could come up with a scam to steal an election from the America people. They attempted to extort different state officials by getting them to disqualify some of the votes, so their guy could stay in the White House.

They conspired. In the Willard Hotel, at the White House, at the not-yet-known scandal with the Trump International Hotel. (A little shady about how he came across that building, thru the assistance of someone at GSA, or one of those government organizations?)

There is still work to do for Merrick Garland and the DOJ.

There are still crimes to investigate.

So the espionage case can sit on the back burner for as long as they like. The DOJ still has work to do.

Despite the Special Master, the DOJ can still pursue an obstruction charge against Trump.

Because it is not dependent on the presence of the documents.

When Trump's lawyers told the FBI that there were no more classified documents at MAL and signed an affidavit stating that was the case, but there were still classified documents there and they would not let the FBI see them, that was obstruction of justice. If Trump told them to say that, then he is also someone that obstructed justice.

The DOJ can still bring that charge, if they so desire. The Special Master does not have any bearing on obstruction.

Re-defining Espionage and Top-Secret Documents

They were the most sensitive of our national secrets. Human intelligence, satellite intelligence, foreign intelligence, nuclear intelligence, documents that could not be removed from their room, etc. The exposure of any of them could threaten our national security. They were supposed to be in a secure location.

But they were in Mar-a-Lago, the home and country club of Donald J Trump, former president of the US.

They were in an unsecured storage room in his basement. Many people could have had access to them. They were in a closet in the former guy's office. They were in his desk. It was a reckless disregard for the security of this nation. About 90 files are presently missing.

The DOJ secured a court-approved search warrant and went in to seize them after unsuccessful attempts to get the former guy to turn them over.

Then we got the "other side" of the story.

The FBI broke into his home. They even broke into his safe. They searched Melania's closet and handled her clothes. She had to replace them all. They even searched his "16-year old son's room.

Not only that, they took the files and scattered them on the floor to make him look like a "slob". People have seen his office. They know he is a neat person.

His lawyers equated it to an overdue library book. They said the documents were secure and safe at Mar-a-Lago. They have tried to minimize it at every turn.

But, it is what it is. The documents were stolen and were taken to Mar-a-Lago. The plaintiff refused to turn all of the documents over to the National Archives, even after a subpoena. They lied about them. They obstructed an investigation. They threatened our national security.

Now, they are challenging the DOJ's authority to seize the stolen documents.

Could Joe Biden deny executive power to Donald Trump in the Judge's decision?

The "executive power" in the Constitution rests solely with the President of the United States, not with a former president and not subject to the discretion of any judge in the Justice system.

Could President Biden take this case to court?

You can bet there is a Federalist Society strategy behind the Judge's decision.

After all, they chose the last three Supreme Court Justices.

For all intents and purposes, they are the legal arm of the Republican Party.

This decision was not made without a lot of thought and strategy, in my opinion.

Their goal appears to be to obstruct the investigation or to slow it down as much as legally possible.

They are more interested in the future of the Republican Party than they are of the law or the Constitution.

They have a vision for America and the conviction of a criminal Republican president is not part of the vision.

Will the Special Master review the files in a SCIF or at the NARA (Archives) or will ...?

...he/she take them to the storage room at Mar-a-Lago?

If they believe the files are sensitive, they may choose to examine them in a secure location.

If they believe Trump had every right to the documents, they may choose to rent a room at Mar-a-Lago, close to the pool, and spend a few hours each day checking them out?

Where will the documents be taken?

Did the Judge make her ruling in an attempt to lure the DOJ into appealing her decision?

By adding the "executive privilege" to her decision?

Because that is what Trump and the Republicans truly want?

Get it into the court system and delay as long as possible?

If that is the case, then the DOJ may opt to go the "Special Master" route. The time required to go thru the entire appeal process could take much longer.

However, there are still the "missing" documents. That search has been temporarily halted.

Since the stolen documents case against Trump looks so cut and dried, I do not see how a "Special Master" can help him?

Is John Durham busy?

Which would be the shorter delay?

Since the whole purpose of Trump's request for a Special Master is to delay the investigation, would a Special Master take longer than an appeal thru the Courts?

If it is not challenged, it will become a precedent.

It does appear that there will be no indictments before the election in November. Both investigations will likely continue after the election, making the elections critical to the continuation of the process.

The stolen documents investigation will be put on the back burner to simmer while the j6 Committee completes its works and the DOJ shifts focus temporarily as the Special Master finishes their work.

Trump would probably prefer the DOJ to appeal so it would give him an avenue to get the case to the Supreme Court and get a ruling from "his" Justices?

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