Judge Cannon Was Right To Appoint A Special Master Opinion
Assume for argument’s sake that the taint team discovered a “smoking gun” document—say, an admission by Trump to his personal lawyer that he had deliberately destroyed several previously subpoenaed documents. This unlikely admission would be privileged, since it involves a communication about past, not future, crime. Could every member of the Justice Department taint really team be trusted not to communicate that, by a wink or a nod, to the relevant Justice Department trial lawyers?...