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Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI 'planting' evidence
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By Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month.
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The special master appointed to review documents seized by federal agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate appeared doubtful Tuesday about Trump’s contention that he had declassified the various top secret and other highly sensitive documents found there.
The former president's legal team staked out its position in a court filing a day before a hearing with the special master who will review documents seized by the FBI.
Veteran judge Raymond Dearie who is tasked with inspecting items seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's home held his first meeting with lawyers for Trump and the Justice Department.
The special master appointed to review documents federal agents seized at Donald Trump’s Florida estate has given the former president until next Friday to back up his allegation that FBI planted evidence in the search on Aug. 8.
By Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month.
The order by the Mar-a-Lago special master is the first time Donald Trump's attorneys have been told to confirm or deny his claims in court that agents planted evidence or that documents were declassified.
