US Justice Dept appeals ruling to appoint a special master examine Mar-a-Lago documents

Washington 9th of September : The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a decision to select an expert master to look over documents FBI agents took from the former Presidents Mar-a-Lago home on the 8th of August.

" Cannon has stated on Monday that the court "authorizes the appointment of an individual master to examine the confiscated property for personal belongings and documents, as well as potentially confidential materials that could be the subject of claims of executive or attorney-client privilege".The judge also ordered the DOJ and Trumps lawyers to file a joint document on Friday, which includes a proposed master list of presidential candidates.

Trump has claimed that the FBI of conducting a search of the presidents Mar-a-Lago house for political reasons and claiming that certain of documents are protected under attorney-client privilege as well as executive privilege.The DOJ had previously stated that Trump was not able to exercise the power to claim executive privilege based on his tenure in the White House since he is no anymore in the White House.

A preliminary examination of the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI was reported to have found 184 distinct documents with markings of classification with 67 markings as "CONFIDENTIAL","CONFIDENTIAL," 92 "SECRET" and 25 "TOP SECRET" according to an affidavit redacted.Trump is not denying any wrongdoing and said all documents seized were classified.