Referee Eileen Cannon This Thursday, he heard arguments for and against an independent expert overseeing a review of official documents found at former President Donald Trump’s residence in Florida, but did not announce a decision on the matter.
A federal judge in the West Palm Beach, Florida courts said she would announce in writing and “in due time” if she appoints an independent expert at Trump’s request.
Controversial application
The judge announced her decision after hearings in federal court, where government lawyers argued that the figure of a “special master,” as an independent expert is called in English, is not needed and may even drag out a criminal investigation.
For their part, lawyers for the former president referred to the appointment of this figure to oversee the registry, which they described as a “serious institutional threat” and typical of “colonial times.”
Led by Former Florida Attorney General Christopher Kissadded to Trump’s legal team, the lawyers indicated that the expert should not only supervise documents subject to attorney-client privilege, but also an inventory of everything that was seized by the FBI on August 8 at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s residence. in Palm Beach.
Last week, Trump’s legal team requested the appointment of a “special master” in what was its first reaction to the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago in which they found classified and classified documents that the former Republican president he allegedly took from himself when he left the White House in January 2021.
Over the weekend, Cannon announced his “tentative intention” to honor the former president’s request to appoint an independent expert.
“Unnecessary Expert”
In a statement filed earlier this week, lawyers Ministry of Justice they argued that an expert witness was “not needed” and that his appointment would “significantly prejudice important government interests, including national security interests.”
Prosecutors said the FBI had evidence that “obstruction” likely took place in Mar-a-Lago, saying “government documents were likely hidden and removed from storage” in Mar-a-Lago. where are the lawyers Trump they said that confidential documents were kept.
During the search, the FBI seized 33 crates, containers, or items of evidence from both the warehouse and the office. Trump, According to the document. (EFE)
The legislator said that economic interests are behind the project, approved at the insistence of the plenary session of the parliament. On the other hand, MP Alex Paredes of the ruling Masters Bloc justified his group’s support for the project’s persistence despite the government’s compliance with the law.
Source: RPP
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