Political and Legislative
Federal Judge Approves Donald Trump’s Request for a Special Master, Delays Investigation
In a major blow for the government, a federal judge approved former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to oversee all the evidence the FBI seized last month from his Mar-a-Lago estate and temporarily blocked parts of the Justice Department’s investigation.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — said in her ruling Monday that the special master should be able to review the seized documents both to address questions of attorney-client privilege and to litigate claims of executive privilege.
Government employees screening the documents had set aside only ones that might have been protected by attorney-client privilege and argued that executive privilege was not at play here.
