Why it matters: Isgur’s comments on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday are the latest among GOP members, as well as some Trump allies, to voice opposition to some of the president’s claims about materials discovered during the Mar-a. -Search for Lago.
The latest opposition came after Trump claimed last week that the president has the power to declassify documents “on the thought of it.”
What they’re saying: Isgur called it “exciting” that the Trump team has chosen US District Judge Raymond Dearie, who served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and has dealt so much with classified material, as one of its special candidates gentlemen.
Isgur said Dearie is telling Trump’s lawyers that they should clearly tell the court “whether the president ever declassified anything” and “if they really believe and have evidence that something was planted at Mar-a-Lago.” “Everything that Trump has said publicly, this judge says put up or shut up,” Isgur said.
What’s next: Dearie gave Trump’s legal team until Friday to provide evidence on some of the allegations they’ve made about the FBI’s investigation into his Florida residence.
Those allegations include allegations that the FBI planted evidence during the August 8 investigation. Dearie also told the DOJ to provide a detailed inventory of unclassified items taken from Mar-a-Lago to Trump’s legal team by Monday. Trump’s lawyers have until Friday to provide the special master with a “statement” that the FBI is “mischaracterizing” any of the items on the list. “This submission will be Plaintiff’s final opportunity to raise any genuine dispute as to the completeness and accuracy of the Detailed Property Inventory,” Dearie wrote.