Former U.S. President Donald Trump asked for the appointment of
a “special master” to oversee the handling of materials taken in
the Mar-a-Lago search earlier this month, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
Trump said in a statement that they are demanding the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) be instructed to immediately stop the
review of documents seized from his residence in Palm Beach,
Florida.
The Republican’s attorneys filed a motion in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday to submit the
request.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents executed a warrant
on Aug. 8 to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump and many Republicans have denounced what they called a
raid on Mar-a-Lago and repeatedly lashed out at the FBI and the
DOJ.
The FBI operation on Mar-a-Lago was part of the DOJ’s
investigation into whether Trump had mishandled classified
documents.
The unsealed warrant listed three potential criminal violations
— concealment or removal of federal records, destruction or
alteration of records in a federal investigation, and transmitting
defense information.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and claimed all documents taken
by FBI agents were declassified.
According to a new NBC News survey, 57 percent of registered
American voters say that the investigations into alleged wrongdoing
by Trump should continue, while 40 percent say they should
stop.
By party, 92 percent of Democratic voters, and 61 percent of
independents but only 21 percent of Republican voters think the
investigations into the former president should continue.
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