Trump picked a judge to review his confidential documents, and the Ministry of Justice agreed

Jimu Journalist Li Manying

According to comprehensive reports of Reuters and BBC, the investigation of confidential documents of Trump Lake Manor has ushered in new progress. Local time on Thursday, Judge Raymond Diri was appointed as an independent arbitrator and was responsible for reviewing confidential documents seized from the Trump Lake Manor.

It is understood that in the past few weeks, Trump's lawyers have been arguing with the US Department of Justice. One of the themes is who as a third -party judge to review these documents. When Trump's team proposed that Judge Raymond was a so -called "special supervisor" candidate, the two sides found rare things in common. The Ministry of Justice did not oppose his candidate qualification and officially appointed him to hold the position.

The Federal Investigation Bureau seized confidential documents from Trump's house last month (picture source: Reuters)

Who is Raymond?

According to the BBC, Raymond is 78 years old. In 1986, he has been nominated by Republican President Ronald Reagan. From 2007 to 2011, Raymond was the chief judge in the New York Federation and is now a senior judge in the region (a semi -retired form).

During the decades of judge career, Raymond hosted major criminal cases involving organizational crimes, horoin smuggling, murder, extortion, and terrorism.

"I don't think he will be scared by the" Trump Document "case." Stevegord, a clerk who worked with Raymond and a professor of law, said in an interview with the BBC that Raymond has handled many widely Major cases that have attracted attention from the public and the media.

In addition, Judge Raymond also showed his willingness to protect government secrets. In the trial of a suspect in a base organization, he allowed five officials in Britain to protect their identity by wearing wigs, glasses and makeup.

In 2012, Judge Raymond was appointed by the Supreme Court judge John Roberts. He served in the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He was mainly responsible for handling federal investigators on suspicious spies in the United States and a monitoring order request for surveillance order issued by foreign agents. During the period, in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Investigation Bureau and the Ministry of Justice, he became one of the judges who supervised Carter Page, a former candidate for Trump.

As the US Department of Justice wrote in a recent document, Judge Raymond has "rich judicial experience, including cases involving national security."

"Judge Raymond is very fair." Professor Gold said, "As a judge, he respects the law very much. This is why the Trump team proposed that he was reviewed by him, and the Ministry of Justice did not oppose it."

What task will he take on?

What will Raymond do after being appointed as an independent arbitrator?

According to reports, Judge Raymond will screen the materials seized from Trump Lake Manor and decide whether hundreds of confidential documents have lawyers' privileges (according to US law, people are allowed to talk and keep conversations with lawyers).

In addition, Trump's legal team also claims to have administrative privileges to these documents, which allows the president to keep certain communication confidential. But the Ministry of Justice argued that the former president could no longer exercise this special power because he no longer served.

Judge Raymond will review the documents and then submit his suggestion or investigation results to the judge of the case. It is unclear how long this process may take. If any seized file is considered protected by privileges, they cannot be used for any potential legal procedures.

Some legal analysts said that the main task of Judge Raymond is to determine the content that privileges can be covered (if so).

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