Trump has claimed that the FBI planted evidence at his home.
The FBI was accused of planting evidence when they searched Mar-a-Lago.
Dearie has asked Trump's team to put their money where their mouths are before.
The former president's legal team has been asked to say if they believe the FBI planted evidence when it searched their home.
Judge Raymond Dearie was appointed special master earlier this month and is tasked with sifting through the thousands of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.
He said in a new court filing that Trump's legal team must submit a list of any specific items removed from Mar-a-Lago by September 30.
The former president claimed that the FBI planted evidence when executing a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.
He wrote on Truth Social that "everyone was asked to leave the premises, they wanted to be alone, without any witnesses to see what they were doing."
Dearie had asked Trump's lawyers to back up his claims before. His statements were noteworthy because his name was on the list of candidates submitted by Trump's lawyers.
The special master chided Trump's team for wanting to have their cake and eat it after they refused to provide evidence that Trump had declassified the documents.
Dearie pressed the former president's lawyers to confirm that the records were not classified. Trump's team said that turning over the information would make him reveal a defense that he might try to mount in the event of an indictment.
Dearie said that he would side with the feds if the former president's attorneys did not give him evidence of declassification.
He said that you couldn't have your cake and eat it.
The Justice Department's revelation that an FBI filter team had conducted an initial review of the Mar-a-Lago records and determined that roughly 500 pages could be covered by attorney-client privilege was included in Thursday's court filing.
Dearie told Trump's lawyers to decide by September 26 which of the items they want to assert privilege over. The former president's team was given a deadline of October 14 to submit their claims.
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