The Department of Justice admitted in a Monday court filing to seizing material “potentially contain[ing] attorney-client privileged information” from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence.
The DOJ admission comes as U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon weighs whether to appoint a special master to oversee the FBI’s review of materials seized in an August 8 raid on Mar-a-Lago.
Trump’s legal team requested the special master last week, claiming that the former president needed a safeguard against the DOJ obtaining privileged information.