lawyer donald trump It asked the federal appeals court to retain an independent arbitrator assigned to review documents seized by the FBI during a raid on the former president’s residence in Florida in August.
Trump’s team has a veteran Brooklyn judge Raymond Deary It should continue its role as a so-called special master to ensure public confidence in investigations involving US “political rivals.” Joe Biden management.
Trump’s attorneys said, “Given the importance of this investigation, it must be conducted in a manner that will gain public confidence in its results.” procedures should not be allowed to be hidden from public view.”
The scope of Dearie’s duties and the basis for his appointment have been at issue between the Justice Department and Trump’s legal team since he was appointed in September.
He examined thousands of documents seized during the Aug. 8 Mar-a-Lago raid from a Trump-appointed judge that could be subject to claims of executive privilege and attorney-client privilege. were assigned to exclude potentially sensitive records from the investigation. .
The Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Department of Justice didn’t have to submit for review about 100 documents containing classification designations obtained during the investigation, and has already cut some of Deary’s work. had been reduced. The court limited his review in lieu of unclassified records, which the Justice Department said totaled about 13,000 documents seized by the FBI.
Department of Justice Last month I asked the Court of Appeals Suspend the entire special master review process as an unnecessary obstacle to the investigation. The government argued that there was no credible basis for Trump’s claim that the seized documents were protected by either attorney-client privilege or executive privilege.
But Trump’s team refuted those allegations, and said on Thursday that a special agency was commissioned to assess the privilege claim and determine which of the seized records were personal documents that should be returned to him. He argued that a master is essential.
“The government has not provided evidence that criminal investigations were impeded during the special master review process,” the lawyer wrote. There is no compelling reason to allow a rival administration to continue its investigation into President Trump.”
On the other hand, criminal investigations related to the handling of documents trump makes a plan Announce another bid for the White House.
last week, Kash Patelclose friend He claimed he was with Trump when he declassified certain documents As president, he testified before a federal grand jury after being granted immunity by the Justice Department.
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Reprinted with permission from The Associated Press.
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