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The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell

‘Where’s the beef?’: special master says Trump’s Mar-a-Lago records claims lack substance

Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Mesa, Arizona in October 2022.
Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Mesa, Arizona in October 2022. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Donald Trump’s assertions of executive and attorney-client privilege over certain documents that the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort appeared to lack evidence sufficient for him to rule in the former US president’s favor, the special master reviewing the records suggested on Tuesday.

The special master, senior US district court judge Raymond Dearie, complained during a conference call in the case that the log of documents Trump is trying to withhold from the justice department did not give enough information about the validity of the privilege claims.

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