Judge Authorizes Special Master for Trump Mar-A-Lago Raid Documents
A federal judge authorized the appointment of a special master to review records seized from President Donald Trump's Florida residence by the FBI in a raid last month.
That independent third party will examine"the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege," the judge wrote. Trump had asked for a special master to be appointed weeks after the Aug. 8 raid of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.A federal judge's Florida residence by the FBI in a raid last month, a move that had been sought by lawyers for Trump.
Judge Aileen Cannon at the same time temporarily blocked the Department of Justice from reviewing or using the seized material for investigative purposes, until the special master's examination of the documents is completed, or until a further court order. That independent third party will examine"the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege," Cannon wrote in an order issued in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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