What to watch for at Thursday's hearing in Trump's bid for a special master over documents seized at Mar-a-Lago
US District Judge Aileen Cannon will be considering whether to bring in third party oversight of the Justice Department, in which an outside attorney would in theory identify and filter out evidence that should be withheld from investigators because it was privileged.
With Tuesday's filing, the DOJ made public an attestation she signed to certify that classified materials subpoenaed from Trump in June had been diligently searched for and produced to the FBI. That the FBI found 100 more classified documents in the search in August called 'into serious question" her representations in the attestation.Meanwhile, Trump has added a new attorney -- former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise -- to his team.
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