Trump-Appointed Judge to Handle “Special Master” Request

Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the initial warrant the FBI used to search Donald Trump’s Florida home, will not handle the former president’s request to appoint a “special master” in the case.U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, will decide the issue. Cannon was confirmed by the Senate in 2020 in a 56–21 vote, according to the Epoch Times. Cannon has already made one ruling in the case, declining to allow filings from two of Tr …