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US Justice Department Monday approved former President Donald Trump’s nominee for special master to review documents it seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Florida home in August.
Prosecutors
said they accepted Raymond Dearie, former U.S. district court judge, the
Washington Examiner cited a court filing on Monday.
Dearie and
DOJ picks Barbara Jones and Thomas Griffith “each have substantial judicial
experience” making them viable candidates for special master, the document said,
the Washington Examiner reported.
Earlier retired
Judges Barbara Jones, who served on the federal bench in Manhattan and Thomas
Griffith, a former federal appeals court jurist in the District of Columbia
were submitted as possible arbiter by the Justice Department.
Trump
submitted a retired judge, Raymond Dearie, the former top federal prosecutor in
the Eastern District of New York and Florida lawyer Paul Huck Jr., The
Washington Times reported.
Last week
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted a request by former President Donald
Trump to appoint a special master in a bid to review documents seized from
Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida home during a raid by FBI agents.
Huck Jr., a
former partner of Day law firms was “respectively opposed” by the government for
not having similar experiences as his fellow candidates, according to the
Washington Examiner.
The federal
government may approach the Supreme Court on possible rules and restrictions
regarding outside employment would apply to his service, the Washington
Examiner reported.
How many documents were seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home?
About 11,000
documents which included 100 with classified markings were seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, according to The Washington Times. In January additional 15 boxes were
recovered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
"The
court hereby authorizes the appointment of a special master to review the
seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged
material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege,"
Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in an order last Monday, Newsweek reported.