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A federal judge in Florida indicated that her “preliminary intent” was to appoint a special master to examine the trove of documents removed from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month.
US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump in 2020, cautioned that the order issued Saturday should not be “construed as a final determination” on the former president’s motion.
Cannon, a judge in the Southern District of Florida, set a hearing for Thursday and gave the Justice Department a Wednesday deadline to file a response to Trump’s motion, as well as a “more detailed” property receipt of what was removed from the Palm Beach property during the Aug. 8 raid and the status of the review of the documents.
She noted that a “filter team” was already conducting a review of the materials.
