Magistrates are generally appointed by judges to lighten the discovery load and not to make substantive decisions.
He should have kicked a matter of this importance up to an actual Federal Judge.
He arbitrarily sought his 15 minutes of fame by deciding that Trump might destroy the documents even though he was out of town.
THAT was a real reach.
I would laugh my ass off if there is evidence of criminality here that gets tossed as fruit of the poisoness tree.
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