The special master reviewing 11,000 documents seized at Donald Trump’s Florida estate asked for help Thursday from a retired judge.
For the first time ever, a special master has been granted to review documents in the criminal investigation of a former president. Here's why.The special master, Raymond Dearie, proposed a federal magistrate to help review Mar-a-Lago records.Dearie also mapped a schedule through October for potential challenges to his rulings.U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie,proposed to have James Orenstein help him.
Dearie mapped out a schedule for his review of the documents. He set a Friday deadline for Trump and the government to agree to a vendor who will handle the documents electronically. He set a Monday deadline for the government to make the documents available electronically with a spreadsheet to identify them.
Dearie asked Trump and the government to review the documents in three batches and report to him on any disputes about whether records are privileged by Oct. 7, 14 and 21. If either side has any objections to how Dearie designates the documents, they will have seven days to file arguments. "Any party may include a request for oral argument in its initial brief," Dearie wrote."The Special Master will promptly issue a report and recommendation after briefing and oral argument has been completed."
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