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Special Master Raymond Dearie asked Trump’s lawyers to say whether they had evidence supporting Donald Trump’s claim that the FBI planted material during the Mar-a-Lago search. The request was procedural, but it put the accusation on a short leash: either supply support or stop treating it like a fact.
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Special Master Raymond Dearie asked Trump’s lawyers to say whether they had evidence supporting Donald Trump’s claim that the FBI planted material during the Mar-a-Lago search. The request was procedural, but it put the accusation on a short leash: either supply support or stop treating it like a fact.
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Special Master Raymond Dearie asked Trump’s lawyers to say whether they had evidence supporting Donald Trump’s claim that the FBI planted material during the Mar-a-Lago search. The request was procedural, but it put the accusation on a short leash: either supply support or stop treating it like a fact.
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