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« #Delaware #SuperiorCourt Judge Eric Davis announced Tuesday that he was appointing Delaware litigator John Elzufon to oversee the investigation into whether #FoxNews followed discovery demand.
Last week Davis sanctioned #Fox and its parent company #FoxCorp for not turning over evidence in a timely fashion. It was then that Davis acknowledged that he was considering a #SpecialMaster. On Tuesday morning, that's exactly what happened.»

#Dominion
#BigLie
#RupertMurdoch

rawstory.com/fox-news-dominion

Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent JournalismFox News settlement doesn't stop special master probe that could end in obstruction charges: legal expertBy Sarah K. Burris
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wow: While we wait, a ruling from the judge has come through from earlier today: He has authorized a special master to investigate Fox relating to its handling of discovery, an issue he had raised at an earlier hearing. Katie Robertson for nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/bu

The New York TimesFox News Settles Dominion Defamation Lawsuit: Live UpdatesBy Katie Robertson
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Appeals court halts special master review of documents seized at Mar-a-Lago in major defeat for Trump

"The law is clear," the appeals court wrote. "We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so."

#Trump #MerrickGarland #SpecialMaster #CriminalProbe #ClassifiedInformation #JudgeAileenCannon
cnn.com/2022/12/01/politics/ma

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Appeals court halts special master review of documents seized at Mar-a-Lago in major defeat for Trump

"The law is clear," the appeals court wrote. "We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so."

#Trump #MerrickGarland #SpecialMaster #CriminalProbe #ClassifiedInformation #JudgeAileenCannon
cnn.com/2022/12/01/politics/ma

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: US 11th Circuit of Appeals resoundingly rebuked Judge yesterday for setting precedent that would "defy our Nation’s principle that our law applies ‘to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank’”, shutting down 's strategy.

WHAT'S NEXT: Now that the has docs for both & investigations, decisions on indictment likely to happen swiftly
bit.ly/3Vt5Bzv

MSNBC—The #11thCircuit Court of Appeals just dealt former President Donald #trump a serious legal blow, the opinion overturning Trump's request for a #specialmaster reads like a judicial #knockout punch.
The panel characterized some of Trump’s arguments as a “#sideshow.” But more than that, the panel concluded that the district court repeatedly “stepped in with its own reasoning”.

msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio