Trump’s Special Master Situation Is Shady as F---, Say Legal Experts

Dems’ Sights on Marriage Equality • The Professional Try-Hard Is Dead • A War Photographer’s Reflection [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Trump’s Special Master Situation Is Shady as F---, Say Legal Experts Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Bess Levin [tears apart]( Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon’s approval of the former president’s request for a special master to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago last month. “Perhaps most galling,” Levin writes, “was the argument by Cannon that Trump would suffer grave ‘reputational harm’ if a special master was not allowed to intervene, a claim that numerous legal experts agreed was utter bullshit.” Elsewhere, Allison Schaller [catches up]( with war photographer Lynsey Addario ahead of her career-spanning SVA exhibition, featuring photographs shot in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine. Eric Lutz [finds]( Democrats angling to enshrine same-sex marriage into law in the final sprint before midterms, with Chuck Schumer expected to bring the Respect for Marriage Act to the Senate floor this month. Plus, Delia Cai [declares]( the professional try-hard dead (but the managerial set has yet to be CC’d). Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Donald Trump, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, and Apparel]( [Trump’s Special Master Situation Is Shady as Fuck, Say Legal Experts]( By [Bess Levin]( [Monday’s ruling may delay the criminal investigation into the ex-president for months, if not years.]( [Read more button]( [“Constantly in Motion”: Photographer Lynsey Addario Reflects on Two Decades of Covering Wars and Global Crises]( By [Allison Schaller]( [Vanity Fair caught up with Addario ahead of her career-spanning SVA exhibition, which features work documenting “very intense and historical moments” in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine.]( [Read more button]( [Democrats Set Their Sights on Marriage Equality in Final Sprint Before Midterms]( By [Eric Lutz]( [As a government shutdown deadline looms over Congress, Democrats angle to pressure Republicans into enshrining same-sex marriage into law.]( [Read more button]( [The Professional Try-Hard Is Dead, But You Still Need to Return to the Office]( By [Delia Cai]( [In the era of the Great Resignation, remote work, and “quiet quitting,” general disillusionment with white-collar striving has gone mainstream. The managerial set has yet to be CC’d.]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast