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It was the first formal legal action by Trump's attorneys since the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago.
The Mar-a-Lago resort is owned by President Donald Trump.
A special master, an independent third party who would decide whether some of the items seized by the FBI during the search are private or privileged, was argued for by Trump's lawyers.
It is not clear why the former president's team waited two weeks before filing a motion for a special master.
Monday's filing asked a judge to order the DOJ to return any items that weren't covered by the search warrant and give a more detailed list of the items seized by the FBI.
According to Trump's legal team, the Mar-a-Lago search warrant issued by a federal judge earlier this month was "over broad" and that federal agents may have swept up privileged documents and items that were outside the limits of the search warrant.
The filing said that Trump's team had complied with earlier efforts to take back federal documents.
The DOJ was contacted by Forbes for comment.
It isn't unusual for Trump to ask for a master. Barbara Jones was appointed as a special master after the FBI searched Michael Cohen's office. Three years later, Jones was once again selected to serve as a special master, this time for Rudy Giuliani, who was investigated for foreign lobbying but hasn't been charged.
The FBI searched Mar-a-Lago as part of an investigation into why documents were brought to the former president's residence instead of being in government custody. The National Archives removed 15 boxes of government documents from Mar-a-Lago in January and the FBI served a subpoena for additional federal records in June, following a months-long dispute between Trump's team and federal authorities. According to the Washington Post, nuclear weapon-related documents were among the items sought by agents in the investigation. The search, an unprecedented action against a former president, has turned into a political lightning rod, with Trump and his allies accusing the FBI of targeting him and the Attorney General defending the agents.
The DOJ affidavit explaining why the government wanted a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago is currently under review by a federal judge. The DOJ has objected to the release of the affidavit because it could compromise its ongoing criminal investigation. He asked the DOJ to propose redactions after suggesting that he was leaning towards releasing parts of the affidavit. Trump wants the affidavit to be released, but hasn't petitioned the court to unseal it.
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