“I think she was smart and giving each side an opportunity to do so, and I think the Justice Department was smarter than the Trump team on this,” Dershowitz told host Tom Basile. “They named people who seemed more suitable, including a judge, woman judge who had previously been the special master in the [former Trump attorney Michael] Cohen case.”
Dershowitz noted the Trump lawyers might have left Judge Cannon with little choice than to side with one of the DOJ’s special master selections.
“I think, in the end, if she’s smart, she’ll pick the Justice Department’s recommendation, and that will give her cover against claims of partisanship,” Dershowitz concluded. “That would be the smart thing to do, and both of the Justice Department recommendations seem eminently fair.”
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