BREAKING: AG Merrick Garland appoints special counsel in DOJ's Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation, citing 'recent developments, including the former president's announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election.' READ MORE:
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on on Oct. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
Trump's announcement Tuesday that is running for president for a third time created a conflict of interest and triggered the appointment of a special counsel, according to the DOJ special counsel guidelines. In August the FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, looking for documents that the National Archives said were marked classified and had not been returned to the National Archives, despite them having given the former president ample opportunity to do so.
The FBI said it took 11,000 documents in the court-authorized seizure, including more than 100 documents with classified markings. Trump sued to obtain the appointment of a special master to identify which documents were protected by attorney-client privilege and executive privilege. The review is ongoing, and the Department of Justice is seeking a fast-track appeal of the special master ruling.
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