Special Master Gives Trump a Minor Victory in Documents Case

(Left) Former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 31, 2022. (The Epoch Times); (Right) Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice in Washington on July 6, 2022. Bonnie Cash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

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 month’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 Trump’s lawyers after DOJ lawyers asked the court that Trump’s legal team provide “the names and job titles” of any lawyers or other staff who would review the seized materials.