new government registration says prosecutors provide more information later this week. But in meanwhile, he notes that even before the judge’s decision over the weekend, the filter team “Limited set of materials which potentially contain a privileged relationship between lawyer and client information has completed its review of those materials and is in process of following procedures” of a search warrant to resolve any privilege disputes.
legal team filed a request two weeks after the Aug. 8 raid, calling the court-approved law enforcement actions a “shockingly aggressive,” politically motivated raid. former Lawyers for the president argued that federal authorities seized documents to which they had no legal rights.
Although the judge who was appointed to her position by Trump in 2020, said she was inclined to nominate special owner, she also said her order”should not be interpreted as final determination on Plaintiff’s motion.”
Federal authorities took about two dozen boxes of materials from Mar-a-Lago when searching, including 11 sets of secret documents, several of they are classified as top secret. Avril Haynes, director of national intelligence, told lawmakers on Friday that U.S. intelligence analysts would review of secret materials identify potential risk to national security in case of disclosure of their contents.
trump lawyers want a special master return any information taken from Trump property what is out of scope of search warrant and set except for any material what should be protected from government review because of executive privilege.
On the Saturday of her decision, Cannon directed the Justice Department to produce a sealed document. more detailed list of in materials taken by the FBI. She is also asked for en update on federal governments review.
in past, special masters are usually appointed in cases of attorney-client secrecy, not executive secrecy.
According to a partially redacted printed affidavit on Friday, agents who searched of Mar-a-Lago searched for all “physical documents and records representing evidence, smuggling, fruit and of crime or other items illegally seized in violation of three potential crimes”, including part of Espionage law prohibiting collection, transfer, or loss national defense information. Order also refers to destruction of recordings and concealment or distortion of government material.
Search is part of a criminal investigate whether Trump and his aides are indeed took secret government documents and did not return all of them, despite the demands senior officials.