A federal choose on Monday granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a particular grasp to supervise all of the proof the FBI seized final month from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property.
The request got here amid questions over whether or not the FBI seizure on Aug. 8 included potential attorney-client or government privilege points. Trump’s attorneys argued in a latest courtroom submitting that “left unchecked, the DOJ will impugn, leak, and publicize selective elements of their investigation with no recourse for [Trump] however to in some way belief the self-restraint of at present unchecked investigators.
The courtroom’s order on Monday mentioned a particular grasp, an legal professional from exterior the federal government, would evaluation “the seized property for private gadgets and paperwork and probably privileged materials topic to claims of attorney-client and/or government privilege.”
The Justice Division had argued towards the request, saying {that a} particular grasp “is pointless and would considerably hurt vital governmental pursuits, together with nationwide safety pursuits.”
