A federal judge in Florida said she would name a third party to review the items seized in the FBI's search for privileged information, granting a request from Trump.
A federal judge on Monday agreed to appoint a neutral third party known as a special master to review items seized by the FBI during its search at former President Donald Trump's South Florida residence, and blocked the Justice Department from continuing to use the material in its probe while the review is ongoing.that the special master would be tasked with reviewing the seized property for"potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege.
In addition to"being deprived of potentially significant personal documents, which alone creates a real harm," Trump faces an"unequitable potential harm by way of improper disclosure of sensitive information to the public," she wrote. Trump's lawyers and Justice Department attorneys have until Sept. 9 to"meaningfully confer" and submit to the court a joint filing that includes a list of proposed candidates to serve as special master along with a proposed description of the mechanics of the review.
But the Justice Department, which opposed the appointment of a special master, told the court the documents seized by the FBI were not Trump's to keep, but rather belonged to the federal government and should have been returned to the National Archives and Records Administration at the end of the administration.
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