Last week, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the court to appoint an independent expert – a so-called “special tutor” – who could view material seized in the August 8 raid on Mar-a-Lago.
This procedure is used in some sensitive cases to prevent investigators from accessing classified material. Trump’s case is about determining what information might be classified because it was shared between the former president and his attorney – or that the presidency has the right to withhold from court.
The person will also ensure that the seized documents are returned to Trump if they are not among the documents that the FBI was allowed to look for during the search.
now leaning Judge Eileen Cannon agreed to the request. You write this in a document sent to the Ministry of Justice, according to AP. The two parties are scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss the issue in more detail.
An independent party is often an experienced judge.
Must be a person with specialized knowledge and experience in classified physical and defensive information. Defense attorney Stanley Brand says these types of people don’t grow on trees Washington Post.
At Cannon’s request, the Department of Justice will also provide her with a more detailed description of all documents seized by the FBI.
Preliminary analysis of the material has been completed and the Department of Justice has already set aside a small number of documents that attorney confidentiality could cover, he writes The New York Times After reviewing the court documents.
The independent review is not expected to affect the focus of the investigation, but it risks delaying it, the Associated Press writes.
the background Regarding the Mar-a-Lago raid, in January the FBI found 184 classified documents in boxes that Trump delivered from home to the US National Archives. 25 of them have been marked as top secret and many of the documents appear to contain information about US defense.
Fearing that other sensitive documents would remain in Mar-a-Lago, the FBI applied for a search warrant.
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