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Hugo Lowell in West Palm Beach, Florida

Trump set to ask court for ‘special master’ to review Mar-a-Lago evidence

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in south Florida. Why Trump is filing a motion now, nearly two weeks after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, was not clear.
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in south Florida. Why Trump might file a motion now, nearly two weeks after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, was not clear. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Donald Trump is strongly considering seeking the appointment of a special court official to determine whether materials that the FBI seized from his Florida resort can be used in a criminal investigation, according to his lead attorney Jim Trusty and two sources familiar with the matter.

The motion – if actually filed – would be the first formal legal action by the former president after federal agents last week confiscated about 30 boxes of highly sensitive documents from his Mar-a-Lago resort in an investigation into the unauthorized retention of government secrets.

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