US justice appeals for access to Trump documents | Abroad

The FBI found more than 11,000 government documents during a search of Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, in early August. The ministry is investigating, among other things, whether confidential papers have been withheld and whether attempts have been made to thwart a federal investigation.

Earlier this week, at Trump’s request, an independent arbitrator (special master) was appointed by a judge to examine the material found during the searches. According to the former president, the FBI investigation is politically motivated and a third party is needed to examine the documents more closely.

The judge who appointed the arbitrator ruled that the FBI cannot immediately continue its investigation into the classified documents found in Trump’s home. The Justice Department had asked for this, after Trump had urged the judge to suspend the criminal investigation pending an arbitrator. The judiciary is now trying to gain access to about a hundred seized files that contain confidential information through the appeal.

The Justice Department has previously vehemently opposed Trump’s request for an independent arbitrator. That arbitrator, former judge Raymond Dearie, has been given the power to withhold found documents from the government because of, for example, the so-called privilege of the executive (executive privilege).

That privilege is a legal doctrine that shields some communications from the White House. The Department believes Trump cannot claim executive privilege because the documents are not his, they are government property.

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