Author: Perry Stein

Washington Post – Politics:

Lawyers for Donald Trump won a court order for a special master to determine whether documents seized at Mar-a-Lago should be shielded from investigators.

Washington Post – Politics:

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon agreed to appoint a special master to examine documents recovered at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. What is a special master, and how will it work?

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The judge said the government cannot continue reviewing the materials seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago or use them in its criminal investigation until the special master concludes an assessment.

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Among the materials seized in the FBI’s Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago were multiple empty folders that bore a classified marking, the document unsealed Friday says.

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U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has signaled she is inclined to appoint a special master, but will decide after hearing arguments from Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Dept.

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The bar is extraordinarily high to charge former presidents, experts say. But Donald Trump’s lawyers could be in legal hot water, based on a Justice Dept. court filing.

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With Justice Dept. under attack ahead of midterm elections, Attorney General Merrick Garland says political appointees cannot attend campaign events at all.

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Some of the White House documents sent to the National Archives in January appear to contain Trump’s handwritten notes, court filing says.

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The federal judge magistrate who approved the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and club will decide whether to make the redacted version of the affidavit public.