'Any of my first year law students would have written a better opinion,' attorney and former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal tweeted.
Attorney and former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said Monday that"any of my first year law students would have written a better opinion."
That’s just a few of many more problems. Frankly, any of my first year law students would have written a better opinion.He particularly took umbrage with Cannon's reference to the potential"reputational" harm of Trump in relation to the investigation, arguing that every criminal defendant suffers reputational harm and yet not every case requires a special master.
"Judge [Cannon] enjoins the entire investigation because some of the material might be subject to Executive Privilege," Katyal said as part of."But Executive Priv isn't some post-presidential privilege that allows Presidents to keep documents after they leave office. At most, it simply means these are Executive documents that must be returned to the archives. It doesn't in any way shape or form mean they can't be used in a criminal prosecution about stolen docs.
Cannon's order finding that"some tiny percentage of materials might be privileged," Katyal said, pauses the investigation entirely.Above, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is pictured. A special master will be appointed to review thousands of documents seized in August by federal officers at Mar-a-Lago.
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