After the Justice Department responded to the special master ruling, Trump threw a striking tantrum. (Via MaddowBlog)
for a partial stay of Cannon’s ruling while the appeal is pending, saying that “the government and the public are irreparably injured when a criminal investigation of matters involving risks to national security is enjoined.”
In other words, as far as prosecutors are concerned, the Trump-appointed judge may actually have undermined U.S. national security. There have been some hints over the past week or so that the Justice Department is concerned that there are still, even now, some sensitive materials in Trump’s possession that he’s not supposed to have. Yesterday’s filing suggests those concerns are quite real.
Taking aim at Cannon’s strange ideas related to executive privilege, prosecutors went on to note that there’s nothing in the law that would suggest “that a former President can successfully assert executive privilege to prevent the Executive Branch itself from reviewing and using its own records.”
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