Marco Bello | Reuters The Justice Department on Tuesday night urged a federal judge to oppose a request to appoint a special master to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month. Trump had sued to block the Justice Department from further investigating any materials taken in the raid until a court-appointed special watchdog could analyze them. “As an initial matter, the former President has no standing to seek injunctive relief or supervision with respect to presidential records because those records do not belong to him,” the DOJ wrote in the U.S. District Court in southern Florida. Not only is the appointment of a special master “unnecessary,” but “it would seriously harm important government interests, including national security interests,” prosecutors wrote. That harm could include preventing the intelligence community’s “continuing review of the national security risk” that may have been caused by “improper storage of these highly sensitive materials,” the Justice Department argued. Documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago Ministry of Justice The response came a day after the Justice Department disclosed to a federal judge that its review of the seized materials had been completed. A law enforcement team has identified a “limited set” of materials that may be protected by attorney-client privilege, the DOJ told the court on Monday. This privilege often refers to the legal doctrine that protects the privacy of communications between a lawyer and his client. The so-called Privilege Review Team — which is separate from the investigation that led the FBI to search Trump’s residence earlier this month — is following a process to “address potential privilege differences, if any,” the DOJ wrote. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, is “also leading an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from disclosure of these materials,” according to the filing. The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into the removal of White House documents and their shipment to Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach when he left office. By law, presidential records must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration when a president leaves office. Before the Justice Department released its late-night response, a group of former administration officials asked the judge to let them file a brief as “amici curiae” — Latin for “friends of the court” — arguing against Trump’s requests. The group included six former federal prosecutors who served in Republican administrations, as well as former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who governed as a Republican but backed President Joe Biden over Trump in 2020. This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
title: “The Doj Opposes The Special Master Request Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-02” author: “Stephen Sciabica”
Marco Bello | Reuters The Justice Department on Tuesday night urged a federal judge to oppose a request to appoint a special master to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month. Trump had sued to block the Justice Department from further investigating any materials taken in the raid until a court-appointed special watchdog could analyze them. “As an initial matter, the former President has no standing to seek injunctive relief or supervision with respect to presidential records because those records do not belong to him,” the DOJ wrote in the U.S. District Court in southern Florida. Not only is the appointment of a special master “unnecessary,” but “it would seriously harm important government interests, including national security interests,” prosecutors wrote. That harm could include preventing the intelligence community’s “continuing review of the national security risk” that may have been caused by “improper storage of these highly sensitive materials,” the Justice Department argued. Documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago Ministry of Justice The response came a day after the Justice Department disclosed to a federal judge that its review of the seized materials had been completed. A law enforcement team has identified a “limited set” of materials that may be protected by attorney-client privilege, the DOJ told the court on Monday. This privilege often refers to the legal doctrine that protects the privacy of communications between a lawyer and his client. The so-called Privilege Review Team — which is separate from the investigation that led the FBI to search Trump’s residence earlier this month — is following a process to “address potential privilege differences, if any,” the DOJ wrote. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, is “also leading an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from disclosure of these materials,” according to the filing. The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into the removal of White House documents and their shipment to Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach when he left office. By law, presidential records must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration when a president leaves office. Before the Justice Department released its late-night response, a group of former administration officials asked the judge to let them file a brief as “amici curiae” — Latin for “friends of the court” — arguing against Trump’s requests. The group included six former federal prosecutors who served in Republican administrations, as well as former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who governed as a Republican but backed President Joe Biden over Trump in 2020. This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
title: “The Doj Opposes The Special Master Request Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-07” author: “Travis Truman”
Marco Bello | Reuters The Justice Department on Tuesday night urged a federal judge to oppose a request to appoint a special master to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month. Trump had sued to block the Justice Department from further investigating any materials taken in the raid until a court-appointed special watchdog could analyze them. “As an initial matter, the former President has no standing to seek injunctive relief or supervision with respect to presidential records because those records do not belong to him,” the DOJ wrote in the U.S. District Court in southern Florida. Not only is the appointment of a special master “unnecessary,” but “it would seriously harm important government interests, including national security interests,” prosecutors wrote. That harm could include preventing the intelligence community’s “continuing review of the national security risk” that may have been caused by “improper storage of these highly sensitive materials,” the Justice Department argued. Documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago Ministry of Justice The response came a day after the Justice Department disclosed to a federal judge that its review of the seized materials had been completed. A law enforcement team has identified a “limited set” of materials that may be protected by attorney-client privilege, the DOJ told the court on Monday. This privilege often refers to the legal doctrine that protects the privacy of communications between a lawyer and his client. The so-called Privilege Review Team — which is separate from the investigation that led the FBI to search Trump’s residence earlier this month — is following a process to “address potential privilege differences, if any,” the DOJ wrote. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, is “also leading an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from disclosure of these materials,” according to the filing. The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into the removal of White House documents and their shipment to Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach when he left office. By law, presidential records must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration when a president leaves office. Before the Justice Department released its late-night response, a group of former administration officials asked the judge to let them file a brief as “amici curiae” — Latin for “friends of the court” — arguing against Trump’s requests. The group included six former federal prosecutors who served in Republican administrations, as well as former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who governed as a Republican but backed President Joe Biden over Trump in 2020. This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
title: “The Doj Opposes The Special Master Request Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Kathleen Kane”
Marco Bello | Reuters The Justice Department on Tuesday night urged a federal judge to oppose a request to appoint a special master to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence earlier this month. Trump had sued to block the Justice Department from further investigating any materials taken in the raid until a court-appointed special watchdog could analyze them. “As an initial matter, the former President has no standing to seek injunctive relief or supervision with respect to presidential records because those records do not belong to him,” the DOJ wrote in the U.S. District Court in southern Florida. Not only is the appointment of a special master “unnecessary,” but “it would seriously harm important government interests, including national security interests,” prosecutors wrote. That harm could include preventing the intelligence community’s “continuing review of the national security risk” that may have been caused by “improper storage of these highly sensitive materials,” the Justice Department argued. Documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago Ministry of Justice The response came a day after the Justice Department disclosed to a federal judge that its review of the seized materials had been completed. A law enforcement team has identified a “limited set” of materials that may be protected by attorney-client privilege, the DOJ told the court on Monday. This privilege often refers to the legal doctrine that protects the privacy of communications between a lawyer and his client. The so-called Privilege Review Team — which is separate from the investigation that led the FBI to search Trump’s residence earlier this month — is following a process to “address potential privilege differences, if any,” the DOJ wrote. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, is “also leading an intelligence community assessment of the potential risk to national security that would result from disclosure of these materials,” according to the filing. The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into the removal of White House documents and their shipment to Trump’s residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach when he left office. By law, presidential records must be turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration when a president leaves office. Before the Justice Department released its late-night response, a group of former administration officials asked the judge to let them file a brief as “amici curiae” — Latin for “friends of the court” — arguing against Trump’s requests. The group included six former federal prosecutors who served in Republican administrations, as well as former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who governed as a Republican but backed President Joe Biden over Trump in 2020. This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
