{"id":1607051,"date":"2022-08-15T15:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1607051"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:05:08","slug":"us-government-to-oppose-any-move-for-independent-review-of-materials-seized-from-trump-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-government-to-oppose-any-move-for-independent-review-of-materials-seized-from-trump-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"US Government to Oppose Any Move for Independent Review of Materials Seized From Trump: Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-government-to-oppose-any-move-for-independent-review-of-materials-seized-from-trump-lawyer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1607051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. government has informed former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s legal team that it will oppose any move for a so-called special master amid allegations that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-says-fbi-seized-privileged-records-in-raid-wants-them-immediately-returned_4663741.html?utm_source=mr_recommendation&#038;utm_medium=left_sticky\">privileged materials were seized<\/a> by federal agents from Trump\u2019s Florida resort.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attorneys gave the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) \u201ca heads up that they wanted to ask for a special master in this case,\u201d Alina Habba, one of Trump\u2019s lawyers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsmax-tv\/trump-alina-habba-raid\/2022\/08\/15\/id\/1083137\/\">said on Newsmax<\/a> on Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ \u201cdid indicate to our attorneys that they were going to oppose that,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>A special master is an independent lawyer, typically a retired judge, who is appointed by the judge overseeing a case when concerns about privileged materials are raised.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, special masters have been inserted into cases involving Trump\u2019s former attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/judge-agrees-to-name-special-master-to-examine-materials-seized-from-giuliani_3835180.html\">Rudy Giuliani<\/a> and the nonprofit journalism group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/judge-grants-project-veritas-request-to-insert-special-master-after-fbi-raids_4146546.html\">Project Veritas<\/a>, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> agents seized materials from Giuliani and top Project Veritas officials.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, an Obama appointee, appointed the special master in the latter case over the objections of the government to\u00a0\u201censure \u2018the perception of fairness.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of Republicans, among others, have said Trump is being unfairly targeted by the government for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s team has not formally asked the federal court in southern Florida, which approved the search warrant that FBI agents expected at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8, for a special master.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA decision will be made soon,\u201d Habba said on Newsmax. \u201cOptically, it\u2019s a good idea. I think that you need to look impartial, especially given the negative impact that this has had on the country right now. I would try and look as open to having as much transparency as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Privileged\u2019 Material <\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the FBI took \u201cprivileged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. government has informed former President Donald Trump\u2019s legal team that it will oppose any move for a so-called special master amid allegations that privileged materials were seized by federal agents from Trump\u2019s Florida resort. 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