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The Justice Department and lawyers for former President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday afternoon with the newly appointed special master conducting an independent review of the evidence the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago.

Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie will serve as the special master overseeing the review of records seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. Reps. Bennie Thompson and Kweisi Mfume tell theGrio there is a great need to strengthen U.S. intelligence as the nation remembers 9/11.

The order came over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, which said a so-called special master was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents. The move was cheered by Trump supporters seeking a check on the government’s probe.

Cannon has hinted that she was inclined to direct the special master to start from scratch and examine every file. Read more at Boston.com.

The decision authorizes an outside legal expert to review the records taken during the Aug. 8 search. Read more on Boston.com.

Court authorizes outside expert to sift files seized from former US president 's Florida estate for any that may entail attorney-client privilege or executive privilege

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In a legal victory for former U.S. president Donald Trump, a federal judge on Monday granted his request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and also temporarily halted the Justice Department's own use of the records for investigative purposes.

Dramas over safeguarding US government documents have cropped up over the years, but FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has exposed indifference to rules on scale some thought inconceivable