Trump lawyers and justice department to file list of special master candidates
by Guardian staff and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#63EGV)
Judge's special master ruling bars prosecutors from reviewing seized records as part of criminal investigation
The US justice department and the legal team of Donald Trump were due on Friday to jointly file a list of possible candidates to serve as a special master" to review the records seized by the FBI from the former president's home.
US district judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee in Florida, granted Trump's request for a special master earlier in the week. Her order temporarily bars prosecutors from reviewing the seized records as part of their criminal investigation.
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