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OA635: Trump Gets His Special Master, Immediately Regrets It

Opening Arguments

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Do Special Master Derry Exceed His Authority?

Todd Graham: It's frustrating how much we bend over backwards for criminals who aren't even in elections, but I agree. The question is, did Trump's handpicked special master, the guy he put forward and they agreed to, did he in some way exceed his authority by making Trump specify the bare minimum of his own? And spoiler alert, Donald Trump doesn't want to do any of them.Graham: Think about it like the way you think about an administrative agency. You get clear guidance from Congress that says, Hey, I want you to do X, Y and Z. That's rule of law too, right?

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