By Eric Tucker
Associated Press
The Department of Justice has already reviewed the documents found in the FBI registry at the beginning of August at the residence of Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago (Florida).
The operation was aimed at recovering secret information from the Government that the former president could have taken improperly when leaving the White House in January 2021. Among the seized documents there is "a limited set of materials that potentially contain privileged information between lawyer and client," according to what was indicated. the Department of Justice.
The Government notified the complete review of the documents to the federal judge who is studying a request from Trump to appoint a special inspector to supervise the review of the papers found by the FBI in Mar-a-Lago;
the magistrate appears inclined to agree to ensure that matter that might be protected by confidentiality between a lawyer and her client is protected.
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The Department of Justice suggested this Monday that it is open to the appointment of that special inspector, after reviewing the documents with the help of a team of specialists who leaked possible protected communications between Trump and his lawyers.
The judge will have to decide this Thursday at a hearing if she confirms her "preliminary intention" to appoint a special inspector.
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The Department of Justice has made public the affidavit with which it obtained judicial permission to search Mar-a-Lago, but it must present a detailed description of the documents that were seized, as ordered by the magistrate.