Judge grants Trump’s request for special master to handle seized documents

Federal court accepts ex-president's call for official to set aside materials potentially subject to privilege protections

A federal judge has granted Donald Trump's request to have a special master" appointed to review documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate that could be subject to privilege protections in the investigation into unauthorized retention of government secrets.

The order from the US district court judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, also temporarily barred the justice department from reviewing the documents for its criminal inquiry until the special master completes its work, in a decision that marked a procedural victory for the former president.