- Trump’s lawyers are running into a roadblock with special master Raymond Dearie.
- Dearie asked Trump’s team to hand over specific information about files he claims he declassified.
- His team is now arguing that doing so would compromise any defense Trump has to subsequent charges.
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is tangling with Raymond Dearie, the special master Trump requested.
At the center of the most recent issue is a set of top-secret materials that were seized in the FBI’s August 8 raid of Mar-a-Lago. Trump claims he had declassified everything the FBI found. Dearie is asking that Trump’s team hand over specific information regarding whether files were declassified or not.
In a September 19 filing, Trump’s team appealed Dearie’s request in order to avoid revealing details about the top-secret materials.
Trump’s lawyers are arguing that there’s a “time and place” for Trump to “disclose specific information regarding declassification to the Court and to the Government,” per the filing. They’re asking that Dearie not require his team to hand over information about whether documents were declassified or not.
The former president’s lawyers are also questioning Dearie’s suggested deadlines, arguing that his draft plan “compresses the entirety of the inspection and labeling process to be completed by October 7, 2022.”
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