Trump Lawyer May Have Walked Into DOJ Perjury Trap, New Documents Suggest

The Paul G. Rogers Federal Building & Courthouse as the court holds a hearing to determine if the affidavit used by the FBI as justification for a raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate should be unsealed, on Aug. 18, 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

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In a late-night filing on Aug. 30 in response to former President Donald Trump’s motion for an independent party to scrutinize documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the Department of Justice (DOJ) urged a judge not to grant the motion.