BREAKING: A federal judge has appointed a special master to review documents seized from former President Trump's Florida estate, while denying the Justice Department continued access to roughly 100 classified documents collected at the property.
In an order Thursday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon named Raymond J. Dearie, senior U.S district judge for the Eastern District of New York, to review all of the materials seized on Aug. 8.so it could continue to review the seized documents for use in an ongoing criminal investigation. Cannon denied that request, saying she isn’t prepared to accept all of the department's assertions at face value without the special master review process.
“The Court does not find it appropriate to accept the Government’s conclusions on these important and disputed issues without further review by a neutral third party in an expedited and orderly fashion,” Cannon wrote in the Thursday evening ruling.by Trump's legal team for the role of special master. The Justice Department, which had proposed two candidates of its own, later approved of Dearie for the role.U.S.
Cannon laid out the duties of the special master to include conducting a"privilege review" of the documents and checking them against the property inventory, as well as making recommendations about personal items, documents and presidential records that might be under dispute between the parties. Cannon said the special master would also be responsible for evaluating any claims regarding the return of property.Thurdsay's decision comes after the Justice Department said in a
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