Additional Background:

✅️ Trump's Choice for Mar-a-Lago Raid Special Master May Be Brilliant…or Disastrous

Weissman wrote, “Going out in a limb here, and taking nothing away from the other judges proposed to be Special Master, but DOJ wd be wise to agree to Judge Dearie on the Trump list – and I bet DOJ will. He is a beloved judge in the EDNY- absolute integrity and fairness.”

✅️ WHAT? Trump’s Legal Team and DOJ Reportedly Agree on Judge to Serve as Special Master in Mar-a-Lago Case — The FISA Judge Who Rubber-Stamped Carter Page Warrant

Paul Sperry of the New York Post reported: “DEVELOPING: US Judge Anne C. Conway and US Judge Raymond J. Dearie among the 4 FISA court judges who rubber-stamped illegal FISA surveillance warrants signed by Comey, McCabe and Yates to spy on Trump campaign”

✅️ (From 2018) Here Are Two of the FISA Court Judges Who Rubber-Stamped Illegal Warrants to Spy on Trump’s Camp

Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Judge Raymond Dearie of New York to the FISC in 2010. Dearie is a veteran prosecutor who is described as fair with “no leanings.”

✅️ (From March 2018) Chairman Nunes Sends Blistering Letter to AG Sessions: FBI May Have Violated Multiple Criminal Statutes in FISA Application

Nunes cited the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG), which was created by the bureau and approved by the Justice Department, to say he believed the FBI violated procedures requiring verified and documented evidence in applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

An Oct. 2011 version of the operations guide states that the “accuracy of information contained within FISA applications is of utmost importance… Only documented and verified information may be used to support FBI applications to the court.”

The guidance also states that information in a FISA application must be “thoroughly vetted and confirmed.”