The special master was critical of Trump's arguments.
The judge accused the lawyers of making conflicting claims.
The decision to appoint Dearie backfired on Trump.
Donald Trump wanted a special master to be appointed in his legal fight over the documents seized by the FBI.
The decision is looking more and more like a mistake after the official took repeated jabs at Trump's case.
The latest move came this week when Dearie in a conference call needled Trump for offering a threadbare argument that some of the documents taken were covered by legal privilege.
The Department of Justice investigation into Trump's handling of the Mar-a-Lago documents would be delayed due to Dearie's appointment.
In court appearances, Dearie has undermined the legal arguments Trump's lawyers have made, and embarrassed them with challenges to justify some of Trump's bombast.
The lack of evidence provided by Trump's lawyers for why some of the documents should be considered privileged prevented the DOJ from scrutinizing them.
The lack of facts offered by Trump's legal team was puzzling to Dearie. What is the meaning of the expression? Where's the meat? I need something to eat.
He criticized an apparent contradiction in their argument, saying that they both claimed that the records were private and that they were covered by executive privilege.
Dearie said there was a certain incongruity. Maybe the counsel for the case will address that in a submission.
Thousands of government documents, including classified information, may have been retained by Trump after he left office, according to the DOJ.
Trump argued that the FBI planted evidence and that he could keep the documents because he declassified them.
The documents are protected under privilege rules.
Dearie has pushed Trump's lawyers to give evidence to back up their claims.
In September, Dearie questioned why they hadn't produced evidence to back up his claim.
Trump's legal team said that presenting the evidence could endanger his defense.
They were pushed to back the claim by Dearie.
There is a discrepancy between the claims Trump has made to his supporters in attacking the investigation and the ones his lawyers are prepared to defend in court.
The main judge in the Mar-a-Lago case overruled Dearie when he pressed Trump's lawyers to give evidence by a specific deadline.
It is hard to see what the gain was from Trump's lawyers demanding that Dearie be in the case.
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