Demanding apologies from MSNBC now? Oh CNN…
Hoenig said that it was reasonable to allow Trump to have a special master review all the documents for both attorney client privilege as well as executive privilege — which was based upon incoherent reasoning and the daft proposition that Trump needed special dispensation because he’s well… Trump. It didn’t pass the laugh test.
Everyone knew it was possible that this hand-picked toadie would likely give him what he wanted but Hoenig was alone in his agreement with the merits of the case. He’s still alone in that. The fact that the DOJ wisely whittled down the case to the classified documents (and also plan to appeal the rest on the merits) in order to ensure that Trump wasn’t down there selling classified information to the highest bidder doesn’t change that.