CAFE Insider 8/30: "Are We Off Base?"
On the CAFE Insider docket this week:
– DOJ’s unsealed, heavily-redacted affidavit in support of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and a memorandum of law explaining the redactions;
– The letter that former President Donald Trump’s lawyer sent to DOJ to persuade prosecutors to stop the investigation into his alleged mishandling of presidential documents;
– The order in which a federal judge signaled willingness to grant Trump’s request for the court to appoint a special master to review the seized documents;
– DOJ’s request for permission to file an extra-long brief in response to Trump’s claims…
The skinny
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