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John Durham says that "it is appropriate and necessary for the FBI to consider whether information it receives via foreign nationals may be a product of Russian intelligence efforts or disinformation." Yet he himself never made that same consideration.

By strictly following Aileen Cannon's order, Special Master Raymond Dearie may well make Trump's attempt to dodge the law more difficult.

In rebuking Aileen Cannon for her injunction on DOJ's investigation into the classified files Trump stole, the 11th Circuit reminded her that courts grant the [current] Executive great deference on matters pertaining to classification and national security.

Trump's response to the government's motion for a stay of some of Judge Cannon's order ignores (or misrepresents) a bunch of factual issues. But it also makes an appellate claim DOJ did not address.

Trump's team is wailing that Raymond Dearie is going to adhere to the law during his Special Master Review.

The education of John Durham as he has struggled to provide discovery to first Michael Sussmann and now Igor Danchenko has been painful and damaging for those charged. But along the way he's debunking many of the conspiracy theories he was hired to sustain.

In its motion for a stay before the 11th Circuit, the government hinted that the investigation into Trump's document theft has expanded to consider whether and to whom he leaked these documents.

The trial for a different embittered former government employee who allegedly brought classified documents to his home in Florida, Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown, is due to start in October. It provides a glimpse at the kinds of issues that come up in Espionage Act prosecutions.

Judge Cannon makes no mention of the specific crimes under investigation in her order denying a stay of her Special Master order. That's telling, because the documents marked as classified at issue are either evidence of a violation of the Espionage Act or evidence of obstruction.