A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a “special master” to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.. The decision is a ...

In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Appeals court blocks special master's review of Trump documents 06:38. Washington — A federal judge in Florida has officially dismissed former President Donald Trump's lawsuit over the FBI's ...

On September 5, Cannon approved Trump’s request to appoint a special master to evaluate the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago and block federal prosecutors from reviewing the materials until the ...

Trump's request for a special master came two weeks after the FBI executed the search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8, when agents took 33 items from a storage room on the property and ...

A judge has granted Donald Trump's request for an independent review of materials seized from Mar-a-Lago. A special master says that the primary qualification is remaining neutral, which isn't easy.

The matter has captured the attention of the American public, and safeguards are said to be needed to protect Trump's constitutional rights, according to the former president's lawyers.

Judge Cannon’s initial decision to grant a special master to sift through about 3,000 documents, records and other materials seized in the Mar-a-Lago search shocked legal experts.

For one, a special master will cost a lot of money. Judge Cannon rejected Mr. Trump’s proposal that taxpayers should foot half the bill of the review, instead saying he would be solely responsible.

The Justice Dept. and Trump's lawyers disagree over how the special master should work. The government would like the review process to finish by Oct. 12, while Trump's team says it may take 90 days.

The matter has captured the attention of the American public, and safeguards are said to be needed to protect Trump's constitutional rights, according to the former president's lawyers.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a ...