Both former President Trump and the Department of Justice proposed four individuals who could serve as the special master in the review of the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago by the FBI in August.
With their candidates, Trump and the DOJ have staked out different positions on the scope of the special master's potential review.Trump's team wants the special master to consider all the classified documents and keep executive privilege in mind when conducting their review,The DOJ said the special master should not review all the 100-plus classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, per the Washington Post.
The DOJ doesn't want the special master's review to consider if documents should be covered by executive privilege because that "cannot be claimed by a former president — or from one part of the executive branch to another," according to WaPo.— a retired judge who was nominated by former President Bill Clinton.
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