Special Master Gives Trump a Minor Victory in Documents Case

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Former President Donald Trump needs to disclose to a special master the names of lawyers and employees who will get access to documents and materials seized during last monthโ€™s raid on Mar-a-Lago, and he does not have to divulge that information to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, in a protective order (pdf) issued late last week, sided with Trumpโ€™s lawyers after DOJ lawyers asked the court that Trumpโ€™s legal team provide โ€œthe names and job titlesโ€ of any lawyers or other staff who would review the seized materials.

โ€œThe Seized Materials produced by the government are confidential and shall be disclosed to no one other than the Special Master, his staff, admitted [Trumpโ€™s] counsel of record in this case, staff supporting Plaintiffโ€™s Counsel (such as paralegal assistants, secretarial, stenographic, and clerical employees) who are working on this case,โ€ the order said.

Trumpโ€™s lawyers must give Dearie the โ€œnames and job titles of any staff who Plaintiffโ€™s Counsel propose to review Seized Materials,โ€ according to the judgeโ€™s order. The judge also authorized that vendors who are โ€œapproved by the Special Master or this Courtโ€ are able to carry out โ€œscanning, hosting, reviewing, or otherwise processing electronic copies of Seized Materials.โ€

All the individuals, including vendors, have to sign an acknowledgment of the rules and limitations laid out in his protective order before they can proceed.

โ€œViolations of this Judicial Protective Order shall be punishable by contempt of court or any other legally available sanction that the Court deems appropriate,โ€ Dearie wrote. โ€œAll parties to whom Seized Materials are disclosed in accordance with this Judicial Protective Order consent and submit to this Courtโ€™s jurisdiction for purposes of enforcing this order.โ€

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Last week, theย 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the DOJ can resume reviewing allegedly classified material for investigative purposes. The appeals orderย saidย that the department doesnโ€™t have to hand over the material to Dearie or to Trumpโ€™s lawyers until the appeals court issues its full ruling.

Byย Jack Phillips

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