Crash Course: “Trump’s team miscalculated”: Experts say Trump’s handpicked special master just called his "bluff”

Trump lawyers immediately balk at Dearie's request for details on Trump's claim that he "declassified" documents. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci81MDkyVwNzcGNCCmMizu4qYymI9K9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjIs7uKmMpiPSvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Donald-Trump] Jeff Swensen/Getty Images “Trump’s team miscalculated”: Experts say Trump’s handpicked special master just called his "bluff” Trump's handpicked special master Judge Raymond Dearie this week requested that his attorneys submit details related to Trump's repeated claim that he "declassified" top-secret documents before taking them home. Trump's lawyers, who have not made a single mention of Trump's dubious declassification claim in court documents, immediately balked at the special master's request, writing that the details could be used in a defense against potential future criminal charges. Trump's attorneys [wrote in a letter to Dearie](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0RiaHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yYWdlLmNvdXJ0bGlzdGVuZXIuY29tL3JlY2FwL2dvdi51c2NvdXJ0cy5mbHNkLjYxODc2My9nb3YudXNjb3VydHMuZmxzZC42MTg3NjMuOTcuMC5wZGZXA3NwY0IKYyLO7ipjKYj0r1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that it was not the "time and place" for them to turn over the details because it would force Trump to "fully and specifically disclose a defense on the merits of any subsequent indictment  without such a requirement being evident in the District Court's order." "The special master is calling Trump's bluff and already they're objecting," [tweeted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0Q6aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CcmFkTW9zc0VzcS9zdGF0dXMvMTU3MjAwNDQyMTY2MzU4ODM1NFcDc3BjQgpjIs7uKmMpiPSvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) national security attorney Bradley Moss. "Part of the reason Judge Dearie is doing this is I'm sure he saw what order he was given from Judge Cannon. I'm sure he looked at the filing and said 'enough is enough, I'm not dancing around this,'" Moss told [MSNBC](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0QcaHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9YNHczYnVKdTM2NFcDc3BjQgpjIs7uKmMpiPSvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). "It's really simple. Either you've got the evidence or you don't." 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A fight over the future of the most sweeping school voucher program in the country has heated up in Arizona over the last few weeks, as public school advocates race to gather enough signatures to trigger a ballot referendum aimed at overturning a voucher law recently passed by the state's Republican-dominated legislature. The referendum campaign, which faces a crucial deadline this Friday, has drawn intense opposition from Arizona conservatives. This has included funding for multiple anti-referendum websites, roadside protests starring Republican legislators and, over the last two weeks, conflicts between activists both on social media and in the streets. At the end of June, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law that immediately created the [most expansive school privatization plan](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMDEvc2Nob29scy1vdXQtZm9yZXZlci1hcml6b25hLW1vdmVzLXRvLXB1YmxpYy1lZHVjYXRpb24td2l0aC1uZXctdW5pdmVyc2FsLXZvdWNoZXItbGF3L1cDc3BjQgpjIs7uKmMpiPSvUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) in the country, opening up a pre-existing program that gave vouchers to several categories of qualified students to any family in the state. The Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) program was first launched in 2011, ostensibly to help high-needs students whose parents had opted out of public school access specialized educational programs with tuition vouchers for private schools, including religious schools, and other educational expenses. In subsequent years, the program was steadily broadened to include other groups — like students in F-rated schools, in foster care, on Native American reservations or in military families — until this spring, when Arizona legislators responded to Ducey's request to "expand school choice any way we can" by opening the ESA option to any student in the state. To a large extent, history is repeating itself. In 2017, Arizona's legislature first attempted to open the ESA program to all 1.1 million Arizona students, but a year later the law was overturned after public school advocates launched a citizens' initiative referendum campaign and put the issue on the general election ballot. 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[Tucker-Carlson-and-Donald-Trump] Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump and QAnon: Will appeals to extremism backfire in the midterms? On Monday, Tucker Carlson of Fox News used his massive cable news audience — [an average of over 3 million viewers a nightÂ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0RIaHR0cHM6Ly9kZWFkbGluZS5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC9mb3gtbmV3cy1hdWd1c3QtcmF0aW5ncy1ndXRmZWxkLTEyMzUxMDMzNjMvVwNzcGNCCmMizu4qYymI9K9SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)— to spread a QAnon-style conspiracy theory and encourage people to commit violence against teachers and health care providers. It's hard to follow for those who aren't already well-versed in the right's mythology accusing LGBTQ people and their allies of "grooming" children to be victims of sexual abuse. But what is undeniable is that Carlson is calling for violent vigilantism in response to his false accusations against doctors and teachers. Carlson is light on examples of this alleged grooming but heavy on hyperbole and accusations implying that every child who sees a doctor or enters a classroom is in danger of being sexually abused by some liberal cabal. But what's especially disconcerting is how Carlson has grown so cavalier about using these conspiracy theories to push violence as a tool against educators and health care workers. During this clip, he calls for "neighborhood dads" to dish out "instant justice" to sex education teachers. He claims doctors and teachers are "weirdos getting creepy with other people's children" and that they are committing "sex crimes." He implies doctors are somehow facilitating gender transition for kids without consulting parents. 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It has recently partnered up with a Texas nonprofit called True the Vote, which has peddled conspiracy theories about voter fraud. Now the two groups are promising to keep on investigating allegations about a "stolen election" in 2020 and also to police future voting. For election authorities and voting rights advocates, the combination is ominous. This partnership provides an insight into the role the "constitutional sheriff" movement is playing in sowing doubts about the election process and monitoring how voters cast their ballots. Such efforts amount to voter intimidation and voter suppression in many cases, advocates say. [Read more from Areeba Shah.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlDXPLP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMjAvZmFyLXJpZ2h0LWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLXNoZXJpZmZzLW5vdy10dXJuLXRvLWh1bnRpbmctZnJhdWQtaW4tbWlkdGVybS9XA3NwY0IKYyLO7ipjKYj0r1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). 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