Judge Won’t Rule for Now on Trump’s Request for Special Master
Posted on AllSides September 2nd, 2022
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A federal judge on Sept. 1 declined to rule immediately on whether to grant former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review the documents the FBI seized from his Florida home in August.
At a hearing in West Palm Beach, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, said she would not rule yet on Trump’s request.
A special master is an independent third party sometimes appointed by a court in sensitive cases to review materials potentially covered by attorney-client privilege to ensure investigators do not improperly...
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