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A federal judge approved former President Trump's request for an outside legal expert to review the files that were seized by the FBI from his Florida home.

The judge says that should go on unhindered. But it's hard to put a line — draw a line around or a boundary around what the DOJ knows from other sources and from these materials. So that process, once a master is appointed, could take two or three weeks or longer, not factoring in possible appeals and other legal wrangling. It took between two and three weeks to review materials for possible attorney-client privilege. And then the judge would choose from that list, and also, importantly, define the scope of what that special master would do. Let's say it goes forward. Of course, Trump and no one else has been charged with wrongdoing in this investigation. But many former Justice Department officials with whom I have consulted today feel like the judge is giving Trump some treatment that many other people don't get when they're under investigation. She said: "As a function of plaintiff's former position as president of the United States, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own. And so she was ordering a special master, an independent arbiter, to review something like 11,000 pages the FBI seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort last month, as well as some other items. And now she issued this ruling. The decision temporarily blocks federal prosecutors from using any of that evidence as they investigate whether Trump broke the law.

Federal court at least partially accepts the ex-president's bid for official to set aside materials potentially subject to privilege protections.

It also has a history of occasionally being breached by imposters. But Trump’s request was unique. The request was granted on Monday morning, a court filing showed. The DoJ also said it made no sense to appoint a special master because its filter team – a group of agents who are not part of the investigation – had completed its work. A special master was used, for instance, to review materials seized in the searches of the homes and offices of two of Trump’s former attorneys – Rudy Giuliani and Michael Cohen. Not only did his team want the special master to review traditional attorney-client privileged material, but they also told Cannon the special master was appropriate because some of the records could be subject to executive privilege – a legal doctrine that shields some White House communications. Trump has accused the DoJ of launching a partisan witch-hunt against him, and his lawyers argued that the appointment of an independent third party to review the materials would be an important check on the government. The DoJ is likely to appeal the decision to the US court of appeals for the 11th circuit, officials said, though in the meantime it will delay the investigation into potential violations of the Espionage Act and potential obstruction of justice. Cannon gave Trump’s legal team and the DoJ until Friday to file a proposed list of special master candidates. The court temporarily instructed the government not to review or use seized materials for investigative purposes, pending completion of such a special master’s review or a further court order, according to the filing. [Judge Aileen Cannon](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/01/trump-doj-mar-a-lago-special-master-fbi), a Trump appointee, also temporarily barred the US Department of Justice (DoJ) from reviewing the documents for its criminal inquiry until the [special master](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/31/trump-special-master-explainer) completes its work, in a decision that marked a procedural victory for the former president. A federal judge has granted Donald Trump’s request to have a “special master” appointed to review documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate that could be subject to privilege protections in the investigation into his unauthorized retention of government secrets.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Saturday that former President Donald Trump stands a "pretty good chance" of winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

presidential election, in what he said could be one of the "greatest political comebacks in American history." But has he worn the American people out in terms of his personality? "If you come back, it will be one of the greatest political comebacks in American history. Senator Lindsey Graham said Saturday that former President Donald Trump stands a "pretty good chance" of winning the 2024 U.S. When I was president, I destroyed the caliphate. Trump's critics argue that the two cases aren't comparable. And if you get four more years, you can do big stuff." When I was president, we had the strongest military since Ronald Regan. - "I'm literally telling you what I tell him," Graham told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick. "Remember me? When I was president, we had conservative judges, not liberal judges. I did it," he continued.

Donald Trump wins the right to an independent overseer in the investigation into classified records.

According to Mr Trump, he told them: "Whatever you need, just let us know" Trump says that request was quickly fulfilled - 25 August - Judge orders justice department to release a redacted version of court papers that convinced him to authorise a search of the Trump estate These documents have been reviewed." "It's unclear why a special master is required. Former federal prosecutor and former deputy attorney general for New York, E Danya Perry, said: "What really strikes me here is it's too late...

Former President Donald Trump went on a nonsensical rant about electric vehicles at a rally in Pennsylvania last week.

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In a win for Donald Trump, Judge Aileen Cannon has granted a request from the former president's legal team to appoint a special master.

"The Court hereby authorizes the appointment of a special master to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege," the federal judge said in her order Monday. Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said in a statement Monday afternoon but there was no word on whether DOJ will seek to appeal the judge's order. For now, Judge Cannon said she is reserving a ruling on whether Trump should have property returned to him that was seized.

Facing increasing pressure from Florida governor Ron DeSantis, supported by the billionaire CEO, Trump took aim at Biden's recent EV subsidies.

[likely hurt Musk’s business](https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/electric-vehicles-that-qualify-for-new-ev-tax-credit-a9310530660/). According to industry research firm Kelley Blue Book, every two out of three new EVs sold in the country [sported a Tesla badge](https://www.kbb.com/car-news/5-6-of-new-cars-were-electric-last-quarter/) on the hood. He was able to flip blue states like Michigan thanks to his attack on the NAFTA free trade agreement that shipped thousands of U.S. He lost a great believer.” Now he is potentially hurting Tesla and that’s a fine line. The MIT-educated electrical engineer has been a customer of Musk for a decade now and would be well accustomed to driving one. The auto industry is not just any. [posted](https://twitter.com/EvasTeslaSPlaid/status/1566576562547351552?s=20&t=mREOoN1ppYG0iT6W-Hox8A). [build the Chevrolet Blazer EV in Mexico](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/general-motors-produce-2024-chevrolet-blazer-ev-ramos-arizpe-mexico-2022-07-19/) rather than a UAW-organized plant. [Thomas Massie](https://twitter.com/sorentology/status/1566456472199761921?s=20&t=NcU4HcQ8Rb1TCxUsUgkUOA), one of the few Republican members of Congress to drive a Tesla. [on the decline](https://fortune.com/2022/08/17/gas-prices-retail-sales-consumer-spending-inflation-recession/), robbing Republicans of their biggest cudgel, while Biden pushed through a series of [signature legislative wins](https://fortune.com/2022/08/25/pell-grant-student-loan-forgiveness-surprise-reflection/) for his policy agenda [including tax breaks for electric vehicles](https://fortune.com/2022/08/16/joe-biden-signs-inflation-reduction-act-into-law-build-back-better/) popularized by Musk’s [Tesla](https://fortune.com/company/tesla). [seized confidential records](https://fortune.com/2022/08/26/joe-biden-comments-donald-trump-declassified-documents-seized-fbi/) property of the federal government unlawfully stored at Trump’s Florida home.

The judge had previously signaled her inclination to approve a special master, asking a department lawyer during arguments this month, “What is the harm?”

Such a review was necessary, they have said, so that any personal information or documents recovered by the FBI could be filtered out and returned to Trump and so that any documents protected by attorney-client privilege or executive privilege could also be segregated from the rest of the investigation. Trump’s lawyers had argued that a special master _ usually an outside lawyer or former judge _ was necessary to ensure an independent review of records taken during the Aug. But it is not clear that it will have any significant effect on any investigative decisions or the ultimate outcome of the probe.

The Department of Justice is investigating the removal of thousands of government records to Mar-a-Lago, the residence of ex-President Donald Trump.

Cannon ordered the DOJ and Trump's lawyers to confer and jointly submit a list of proposed special master candidates by Friday. [The FBI also found](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/25/doj-files-proposals-for-trump-search-warrant-affidavit.html) another 42 empty folders marked "Return to Staff Secretary/Miliary [sic] Aide," during the raid. 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 her order in U.S. The remaining five empty folders with that marking were found in containers in a storage room. By law, such records should have been given to the National Archives and Records Administration at the end of Trump's term. The judge, who was appointed by Trump, in her ruling nodded at the fact that the Aug. Cannon said her order would not impede an ongoing review of classified documents found at Trump's residence and the assessment of any possible damage on U.S. [had asked for a special master to be appointed weeks](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/30/trump-mar-a-lago-raid-doj-opposes-special-master-request.html) after the raid, during which FBI agents found more than 10,000 government documents, [more than 100 of which were classified or highly classified.](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/30/trump-mar-a-lago-raid-doj-opposes-special-master-request.html) As Trump's lawyers argued at a court hearing last week, Cannon wrote, "the investigation and treatment of a former president is of unique interest to the general public, and the country is served best by an orderly [on Monday authorized the appointment of a special master](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.64.0.pdf) to review records seized from former President [Donald Trump](https://www.cnbc.com/donald-trump/)'s Florida residence by the FBI in a raid last month, [a move that had been sought by his lawyers](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/30/trump-mar-a-lago-raid-doj-opposes-special-master-request.html). - 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.

An independent special master will be appointed to review records the FBI seized during its raid of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, a federal ...

"What is the harm of appointing a special master?" Cannon](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-orders-trump-legal-team-elaborate-request-special-master-key-legal-claims-friday) ordered that the special master be appointed to "review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendations thereon, and evaluate claims for return of property." "What is your articulation of harm other than the general concern that it would delay a criminal investigation?" he was unlawfully in possession of them," DOJ attorney Jay Bratt said of the documents the FBI took from Trump's home. Last week, Cannon announced in an order her "preliminary intent" to grant Trump's request. Cannon's ruling came after she declined to rule on the request from the bench at a Thursday hearing over Trump's motion. There was no place at that property [Mar-a-Lago] that was authorized for those records," DOJ prosecutor Julie Edelstein said Thursday. [TRUMP FBI RAID: DOJ RELEASES MORE DETAILS ON DOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM MAR-A-LAGO](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fbi-raid-doj-releases-more-details-documents-taken-mar-a-lago) Attorney-client privilege refers to a legal privilege that keeps communications between an attorney and their client confidential. "We need to take a deep breath. "The Court hereby authorizes the appointment of a special master to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege," the order states. [A federal judge ](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-announces-preliminary-intent-appoint-special-master-review-trump-records-seized-fbi)ordered Monday that an independent special master be appointed to review the records seized by the FBI during its raid of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and ordered the Justice Department stop its own review of the material for investigative purposes.

Sen. Lindsey Graham reportedly told the former president that a 2024 loss could "dramatically change" how history views what he did during his time in ...

[said the country is "going to hell"](https://www.newsweek.com/read-everything-donald-trump-said-his-first-rally-after-mar-lago-raid-1739683) and [called President Joe Biden an "enemy of the state." "The enemy of the state is him and the group that control him, which is circling around him. "He's an enemy of the state, you know that?" You'll be starting to have to do it again... When I was president, I destroyed the caliphate. When I was president, we had the strongest military since Ronald Reagan.

A federal judge granted Donald Trump's request for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily barred ...

Court grants former president's request to appoint a neutral 'special master' to review material for privileged content.

A court document made public last week revealed that the FBI recovered 18 records marked as “top secret” during the search. Cannon asked the Justice Department and Trump’s legal team to submit a list of proposed special master candidates by Friday. [classification review](/news/2022/8/28/us-intelligence-probe-national-security-risks-trump-documents) and/or intelligence assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (‘ODNI’),” she wrote.