What to know about Raymond Dearie, judge appointed to review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE. >>> WE HAVE THE LATEST FROM THE MIGRANTS PHONE FROM TEXAS TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD. WHY SOME WERE NEVER TOLD THEY WERE HEADED TO THE ISLAND. >>> DOCUMENTS TAKEN BY THE FBI. >> THE BROOKLYN-BASED JUDGE WAS SUGGESTED FOR THE ROLE AND FORMER PRESIDENT JUDGE PROPOSED JUDGE JERRY PROPOSE AS THE INDEPENDENT ARBITER. LAWYERS TOLD THE COURT ON MONDAY THEY DID NOT OPPOSE HIS APPOINTMENT. JUDGE DEARY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO REPEAT HIS REVIEW KNOW MAY THAN NOVEMBER 30th. >>> JOINING US IS CHIEF NATIONAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT, JEFF PEGUES. JEFF, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WHO IS JUDGE RAYMOND TERRY AND WHAT IS HE IS TASKED TO DO? >> HE IS ONE OF THE RARE PEOPLE THAT BOTH SIDES CAN AGREE ON. WHY DON’T WE START THERE. WELL RESPECTED IN LEGAL CIRCLES AND CERTAINLY AND NEW YORK CITY, DEARY, IN PART BECAUSE HE SAT ON THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT DOING FISA CASES WHICH ARE OFTEN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CASES AND HE IS WELL RESPECTED. HOWEVER IN HERE IS WHY IT’S INTERESTING THAT THE PROMPT SIDE HAS APPROVED HIM. HE HAS HAD A HISTORY WITH THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. I WON’T GO TOO DEEP INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT

WOULD TAKE UP ANOTHER 10 OR 15 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. THE FACT THAT HE WAS CONNECTED AND OVERSAW THE WARRANTS IN THAT CASE, AND THERE

WERE SOME ISSUES WITH FBI ACTIONS IN THAT CASE. SO THE FACT THAT THE TRUMP SIDE APPROVED HIM I THINK IS NOTABLE BUT I THINK IT SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH SHE IS RESPECTED AND HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN THESE INTELLIGENCE RELATED CASES. SO THAT’S WHO HE IS. >> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. WE HEARD THEY WOULD APPEAL THIS DESIGNATION OF A SPECIAL MASTER. IS THAT NO LONGER THE CASE? >> WE WILL HAVE TO

SEE. YOU KNOW? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED. BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE COULD GET AN E-MAIL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYING WE WILL APPEAL THIS CASE AND RULING TO A HIGHER COURT BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THIS RULING BY THE FLORIDA JUDGE HAS REALLY SLOWED THE PACE OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOWN. IF YOU ARE A SUPPORTER OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT THAT IS A GOOD THING. BECAUSE THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WAS MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY. BUT NOW THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN

BECAUSE OF THE RULING OF THIS JUDGE IN FLORIDA BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THIS JUDGE DEARY WILL BE THE EMPIRE AND HE WILL LOOK AT WHAT WAS SEIZED BY THE FBI, WHAT WAS IN GOVERNMENT POSSESSION AND SEPARATE IT OUT. JUDGE DEARIE IS THE FINAL ARBITER IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND WHAT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THE DEADLINE, AS YOU NOTED IS NOVEMBER 30th. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS AROUND THE CORNER. WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A NATIONAL SECURITY CASE, IT REALLY IS NOT. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. AT LEAST,

THAT IS WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS SAYING. AND THAT IS WHY IT MIGHT APPEAL BECAUSE THIS RULING HAS SLOWED DOWN THIS INVESTIGATION AND THIS IS NOT A MISDEMEANOR CASE, IS NOT ABOUT A PARKING TICKET OR A SPEEDING TICKET. THIS WAS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY. THAT’S THE CASE THEY

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