Judge defers ruling on Trump’s special master request for seized Mar-a-Lago documents

A federal judge on Thursday declined to issue an immediate ruling on former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review the trove of documents seized in the Mar-a-Lago raid last month.

Instead, US District Judge Aileen Cannon told the crowded West Palm Beach courtroom that she would release a written statement in “due course.”

Cannon also deferred ruling on whether to unseal a more detailed inventory of the property seized in the Aug. 8 raid after media companies asked earlier this week for the sealed documents...