Mar-a-Lago search: Trump team and Justice Department suggest rival ‘special master’ candidates

District judge to assess candidates put forward, as well as disagreements over the powers a special master would have to review retrieved documents

The US justice department and lawyers for Donald Trump were unable to agree Friday night on who to have as the so-called special master to review for potential privilege protections the materials that the FBI seized from the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month.

The justice department and Trump met a deadline to submit a joint filing but failed to reach consensus on most of the key issues at stake: not only the identity of the special master but also the scope of the work, and who should pay for the added expense.