Sunday, August 21, 2022

"Bruce Reinhart unsealed."

 That's the title of this CBS deep dive into Magistrate Judge Reinhart's background since he is presiding over the Trump search warrant litigation.  It's a very positive article for Judge Reinhart.  Here's the start by Arden Farhi and Robert Legare:

The third week of March 2018 was a momentous one for the Reinhart-Bell family. 

That Monday, Florida's then-Governor Rick Scott appointed federal prosecutor Carolyn Bell to serve as a state circuit court judge.

Days later, Bell's husband — Bruce Reinhart — was sworn in as a federal magistrate judge in South Florida, beating out 63 other candidates for the job.

Quite a week, but nothing compared to the week they just had — and perhaps the ones that lie ahead. 

Since Reinhart approved an FBI warrant that authorized a search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, he and his family have become the target of violent threats from right-wing internet trolls seeking to discredit and intimidate the judge. 

His address and personal information were posted online. "I see a rope around his neck," wrote one poster on a pro-Trump site. Anti-Semitic threats followed.

"This is truly an awful situation and completely undeserved with someone who is just trying to do his job. And to be personally attacked is just absolutely wrong," said Michelle Suskauer, a family friend of more than 15 years.

Late last week, Reinhart unsealed the search warrant and on Thursday, heard arguments from media organizations and the Justice Department, battling over whether to release the warrant's underlying affidavit. That document explains the government's reason for seeking the search warrant and currently may be the nation's most politically charged pieces of paper.

Reinhart said he was open to unsealing at least some portions of the affidavit and asked the government for suggested redactions.

In the courtroom, a lawyer for media organizations seeking to make the affidavit public told Reinhart, "I get paid to be nosy sometimes." 

"I get paid to say 'no' sometimes," Reinhart quipped. 

Friends and acquaintances say that sort of congenial, yet quick retort is vintage Reinhart. Those who have spoken with him since last week told CBS News he remains unfazed by the political vortex swirling around him and the threats he now faces.

 

 

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

11th circuit maga shadow docket hard at work over the weekend

Anonymous said...

Anyone read the book about K$H yet

Tattoodtiger1 said...

You see the lawsuit Trump filed today seeking a special master to review stuff seized from house assigned to district judge in Fort Pierce!
Per WSJ:
“It wasn’t clear whether Mr. Trump’s lawsuit would be considered by Judge Reinhart or another federal judge in South Florida. The case was assigned to Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee, who is empowered to delegate it to Judge Reinhart.
The affidavit Judge Reinhart is considering releasing would lay out what evidence the government had collected, including that provided by any witnesses, and describe why investigators believe a crime may have been committed.”

Tattoodtiger1 said...

Yep filing before the MAGA carpetbagger!

Anonymous said...

Trump isn't dumb. MAGA in Ft. Pierce.

Anonymous said...

MAGA like crazy!!

Anonymous said...

And Antivaxxers

Anonymous said...

Rest my case!