The Department of Justice Tuesday filed its response opposing the appointment of a 'special master' to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
Eric Tucker, an Associated Press reporter who covers national security at the Justice Department and FBI, discusses the FBI affidavit released Friday which explains the justification for the search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago property.
The FBI also seized 33 boxes containing more than 100 classified records during its Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and found three classified documents stashed in office drawers, according to a filing that lays out the most detailed chronology to date of stained interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump representatives over the discovery of government secrets.
After that, though, the Justice Department "developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the Storage Room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation." Trump’s lawyers last week asked for the appointment of a special master who’d be tasked with reviewing the records taken and setting aside documents protected by claims of legal privilege. Cannon on Saturday said it was her "preliminary intent" to appoint such a person but also gave the Justice Department an opportunity to respond.
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