Justice Department officials requested court permission to file an extensive response to former President Donald Trump’s special master request.
“The government seeks to file a response up to forty pages in length in order to adequately address the legal and factual issues raised by Plaintiff’s Motion and Supplement and the Court’s August 27 Order requiring a response from the government,” the officials wrote in a filing Monday.
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Trump has sought the appointment of a special master to oversee the department’s combing of evidence obtained from his Mar-a-Lago resort during the Aug. 8 search and seizure by FBI agents. A judge has signaled her preliminary intent to side with Trump in the motion.
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