'Limited set of materials' potentially covered by attorney-client privilege found in Mar-a-Lago
Source: CNN Politics
(CNN)The Justice Department has identified "a limited set of materials" from its search of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago that potentially contain material covered by attorney-client privilege and is in the process of addressing privilege disputes, it said in a court filing Monday. Justice officials also confirmed that US intelligence officials are reviewing the documents for classified materials.
In a court filing last week, Trump, who is requesting a "special master" to oversee the review of evidence recovered from the search, pointed to some additional legal discussion of case law that he said supported his request. One of those cases had to do with his former attorney Rudy Giuliani. Nowhere in the filing did Trump suggest that material dealing with attorney-client privilege was seized in the FBI's search of his resort.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon has put both parties on notice that she had a "preliminary intent" to appoint a special master, a third-party attorney who would filter out privileged material seized in the search. She has scheduled a hearing for Thursday in Florida.
The FBI used law enforcement personnel who were not part of the investigation to search Trump's office in order to protect against potential attorney-client privilege issues, according to a redacted version of the search warrant affidavit released Friday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/mar-a-lago-document-review/
Full headline: Limited set of materials' potentially covered by attorney-client privilege found in Mar-a-Lago search, Justice Department says
Wanted to note that remember that he owned a number of properties and had interest in other businesses and was managing this stuff during his term in office, and if there was any correspondence back and forth regarding those businesses, that would probably be subject to "attorney-client privilege" (if unrelated to any federal government documents). But otherwise there is no "executive privilege" associated with any of that.
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Justice officials also confirmed that US intelligence officials are reviewing the documents for classified materials.
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pwb
(11,275 posts)AWWW no delay Donny, so sad.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Turbineguy
(37,332 posts)scratch'n'sniff foldouts among the secrets?
KS Toronado
(17,243 posts)"Look at all the personal documents the FBI illegally stole from our Lord & Savior."
Novara
(5,842 posts)Obvious85
(259 posts)She needs to be removed
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Bayard
(22,075 posts)Does third party mean, Libertarian or Green Party?
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)In Michael Cohen and Rudy case, they brought in an ex-judge for it.