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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump seeks to temporarily block FBI from reviewing items seized from Florida home
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-seeks-temporarily-block-fbi-reviewing-materials-seized-florida-home-2022-08-22/WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal court to temporarily block the FBI from reviewing the materials it seized two weeks ago from his Florida home, until a special master can be appointed to oversee the review.
Trump's motion, filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, also demanded that the U.S. Justice Department provide him a more detailed property receipt outlining items the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago home during its Aug. 8 search, and asked investigators to return any items outside the scope of the search warrant.
"Politics cannot be allowed to impact the administration of justice," the filing says. "Law enforcement is a shield that protects Americans. It cannot be used as a weapon for political purposes," it added.
A special master can sometimes be appointed in highly sensitive cases to go through seized materials and ensure that investigators do not review privileged information.
When FBI agents had searched the homes of Trump's former lawyers Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan requested the appointment of a special master.
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Trump seeks to temporarily block FBI from reviewing items seized from Florida home (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
Aug 2022
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ForgedCrank
(1,757 posts)1. Ok, this is
funny.
Bad news for trumpy, the FBI has already gone through it all.
Sure hope there's nothing embarrassing in there. /s
Takket
(21,526 posts)2. The request is totally moot
It was two weeks ago. They have already seen everything. And if anything in there is privileged in any way a trial judge would just rule it as inadmissible as evidence.
Just another stall tactic.
EndlessWire
(6,450 posts)3. He's hoping they didn't get to all the fingerprints. n/t
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)4. Delusional man thinks he is still President.
Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)5. They need to review it
to find out what he may have given away or sold.
The FBI's brief is to winkle out the spies.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)6. Do they know, say, that there were 350 secret docs missing
And they've recovered 300?