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Arbiter in Trump docs probe signals intent to move quickly

From Front classify information, and marked as classified, that
they said in a separate fil- were taken during the FBI’s
By ERIC TUCKER and MI- ing Tuesday that the Jus- search.
CHAEL R. SISAK tice Department had not U.S. District Judge Aileen
Associated Press proven that the records re- Cannon, a Trump appoin-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mained classified. tee who granted the Trump
independent arbiter tasked “In the case of someone team’s request for a spe-
with inspecting documents who has been president cial master, had set a Nov.
seized in an FBI search of of the United States, they 30 deadline for Dearie’s re-
former President Donald have unfettered access view and instructed him to
Trump’s Florida home said along with unfettered de- prioritize his inspection of
Tuesday he intends to push classification authority,” classified records. The Jus-
briskly though the review Trusty said Tuesday. tice Department has asked
process and appeared The resistance to the a federal appeals court to
skeptical of the Trump judge’s request was nota- halt Cannon’s order requir-
team’s reluctance to say Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys Linsey Halligan, ble because it was Trump’s ing it to provide him with
whether it believed the re- James Trusty, and Chris Kise arrive at Brooklyn Federal Court on lawyers, not the Justice classified documents for
cords had been declassi- Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in New York. Department, who had re- his review. That appeal is
fied. Associated Press quested the appointment pending.
“We’re going to proceed Though Trump’s lawyers Department instead makes of a special master and Dearie, a Ronald Reagan
with what I call respon- had requested the ap- an acceptable case that because the recalcitrance appointee whose name is
sible dispatch,” Raymond pointment of a special they remain classified, then included an acknowledg- on the atrium of his Brook-
Dearie, a veteran Brook- master to ensure an in- “as far as I’m concerned, ment that the probe could lyn courthouse, made clear
lyn judge, told lawyers for dependent review of the that’s the end of it.” be building toward an in- during Tuesday’s meeting
Trump and the Justice De- documents, one of the for- Trusty said the Trump team dictment. that he intended to meet
partment in their first meet- mer president’s attorneys, should not be forced at this In the letter, Trump’s lawyers the deadlines, saying there
ing since his appointment James Trusty, made clear point to disclose a possible said the time for addressing was “little time” to com-
last week as a so-called they were concerned that defense based on the idea that question would be if plete the assigned tasks.
special master. Dearie’s proposed dead- that the records had been they pressed forward with Julie Edelstein, a Justice
The purpose of the meeting lines were too ambitious. declassified. He denied demands for the Justice Department lawyer, said
was to sort out next steps in The lawyers are also resist- that the lawyers were trying Department to return some she was hopeful that the
a review process expect- ing Dearie’s request for in- to engage in “gamesman- of the property taken from department could get the
ed to slow by weeks, if not formation about whether like” behavior but instead Mar-a-Lago. documents digitized and
months, the criminal inves- the seized records had believed it was a process “Otherwise, the Special provided to Trump’s law-
tigation into the retention been declassified, as Trump that required “baby steps.” Master process will have yers by early next week.
of top-secret information at has maintained. In a letter But Dearie at one point ob- forced the Plaintiff to fully She noted that the depart-
Mar-a-Lago after Trump left to Dearie on Monday night, served: “I guess my view of and specifically disclose ment had given the legal
the White House. As special the lawyers said that issue it is, you can’t have your a defense to the merits team a list of five vendors
master, Dearie will be re- could be part of Trump’s cake and eat it” too. of any subsequent indict- approved by the govern-
sponsible for sifting through defense in the event of an Trump has maintained ment.” they wrote. ment for the purposes of
the thousands of docu- indictment. without evidence that all The Trump team also asked scanning, hosting and
ments recovered during But Dearie appeared un- of the records were declas- the judge to consider push- otherwise processing the
the Aug. 8 FBI search and satisfied with that position. sified; his lawyers have not ing back all of the dead- seized records.
segregating those protect- He said if Trump’s lawyers echoed that claim, though lines for his review. That After some haggling, Dea-
ed by claims of executive will not actually assert that they have repeatedly as- work includes inspecting rie instructed Trusty’s law-
privilege or attorney-client the records have been de- serted that a president has the roughly 11,000 docu- yers to choose a vendor by
privilege. classified and the Justice absolute authority to de- ments, including about 100 Friday.q

Biden formally nominates new

ambassador to Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — President of diplomatic protocol. Embassy in Moscow. She also held
Joe Biden on Tuesday formally Such approval is generally routine several posts in Central and South
nominated a veteran foreign ser- but couldn't be taken for granted Asia.
vice officer with years of experi- at a time of particularly fraught The previous U.S. ambassador to
ence in Russian affairs to be the U.S.-Russian relations over Ukraine, Moscow, John Sullivan, left earlier
next U.S. ambassador to Russia. the detention of Americans in Rus- this month, in an departure that
The White House announced the sia, allegations of Russian med- had been expected this fall but
nomination of Lynne Tracy, the cur- dling in U.S. and other elections, was accelerated by the failing
rent U.S. ambassador to Armenia, and an escalating spat over the health of his wife, who died a day
to the post after the Russian gov- staffing of embassies in Washing- after his return.
This undated U.S. State Department ernment signed off on the choice. ton and Moscow. Tracy is well-regarded within dip-
photo shows Ambassador Lynne Tracy's selection had been known Tracy, who speaks Russian, previ- lomatic circles. She received a
Tracy. President Joe Biden has for some time but had not been ously served as a senior adviser State Department heroism award
formally nominated Tracy, a veteran
foreign service officer with years of announced pending Russia's ap- for Russian affairs in the State De- from then-Secretary of State Hill-
experience in Russian affairs to be the proval. Ambassadorial nomina- partment's Bureau of European ary Clinton in 2009.q
next U.S. ambassador to Russia. tions must be approved by the and Eurasian Affairs, and as the
Associated Press host government under the rules deputy chief of mission at the U.S.