The U.S. Justice Department has completed its review of potentially privileged documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate this month and has identified “a limited set of materials that may contain privileged attorney-client information,” according to a court filing on Monday. The filing by the department follows a judge’s order over the weekend indicating it was inclined to grant the Trump legal team’s request for a special master to oversee the review of documents obtained during the Aug. 8 search of the Mar-a- estate. Lago and would ensure that any that could be protected by claims of legal privilege are nullified. In revealing that the department had completed its review of potentially privileged communications, law enforcement officials appeared to suggest that the appointment of a special third-party master may now be controversial. The department relied on a specialized team to filter potentially privileged communications and said Monday it had completed its review of those materials ahead of the judge’s order. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said Saturday it was her “preliminary intention” to appoint a special master — which would be an early procedural victory for Trump’s legal team — but gave the department a chance to respond and scheduled a hearing on Thursday to discuss the matter further. The judge also ordered the Justice Department to submit under seal a more detailed description of the materials seized from Trump’s Palm Beach property, which the department said Monday it would do.
