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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Court battle begins over Trump’s special master review of papers

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an event at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Earlier in the day Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at Trump's Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Former president Donald Trump last week at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

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The justice department will ask a court today to void the special master review examining documents seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and make the materials available to the criminal investigation surrounding the former president.

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