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Judge Cannon appointed Judge Raymond Dearie as special master and denied the DoJ's plea to continue reviewing the seized records. Plus, how to survive an empty nest

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A federal judge has named Raymond Dearie, a senior US district judge with experience handling US national security matters, as an independent arbiter to vet records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation.

What does Dearie have to do? He is tasked with deciding whether any of the documents seized by the FBI during the August search are privileged - either due to attorney-client confidentiality or through a legal principle called executive privilege - and should be off-limits to federal investigators.

Is there a deadline? Yes. Dearie has until 30 November - after the midterms - to finish the review. Trump will be required to pay costs associated with the special master.

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