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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oliver O'Connell

Trump demands taxpayers pay for special master to wade through Mar-a-Lago documents

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Department of Justice wants Donald Trump to pay for the special master assigned to review the documents seized during the FBI’s search of his Palm Beach home, but the former president insists that the American taxpayer should cover half the costs.

On Monday, Trump-appointed District Court Judge Aileen Cannon ordered that a special master be appointed to review materials confiscated during the search of Mar-a-Lago, pausing the investigation of the former president under the Espionage Act.

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