A federal judge ordered the appointment of a special master to review records seized from Mar-a-Lago and sift out those that could be protected by attorney-client or executive privilege.
The intelligence community was prevented from conducting a separate assessment of the potential national security risks posed by former President Donald Trump's handling of classified materials because of Judge Cannon's ruling, according to a 21-page court filing by the Justice Department.
The intelligence community's review and assessment cannot be separated from the Department of Justice's and FBI's activities in connection with the ongoing criminal investigation and uncertainty regarding the bounds of the court's order.
When a criminal investigation of matters involving risks to national security is stopped, the government and the public are irreparably hurt.
Since FBI agents executed a search warrant at the former president's residence, there have been many developments. The warrant states that the feds are looking into whether Trump violated the Espionage Act and two other federal laws when he moved national security documents to Mar-a-Lago.
The FBI and the Justice Department have been accused of political persecution. There were no government records at his home, that the FBI had planted evidence, and that all the materials he took were declassified after the search.
Cannon was asked to appoint a special master to sift out documents that could be protected by attorney-client or executive privilege.
Cannon was urged by the Justice Department to reject the request because Trump did not have the right to assert executive privilege over any of the records. In a 36-page filing, they revealed that they had evidence of possible attempts to obstruct their investigation into Trump's handling of national security information.
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