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Trump files a response to the DOJ filing about his request for a special master

Mar-a-Lago is seen Aug. 16, 2022, a week after the FBI searched the home of former President Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., for classified documents. (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump's legal team has filed a response to the Justice Department's filing last night, which had revealed new details about the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago for classified documents.

Trump's lawyers said they wanted the special master to decide questions of executive privilege, not just the limited question of attorney-client privilege. Some legal experts have said that executive privilege exists during a dispute between different branches of government, not the same one, as in this case.

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