Judge sets Friday deadline for Trump to refine his request for a special master

CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 8/23/2022, 4:17 p.m.
A federal judge in Florida has given former President Donald Trump until Friday to refine the legal arguments in his …
A federal judge in Florida has given former President Donald Trump until August 26 to refine the legal arguments in his request for a special master to oversee the review of evidence gathered in the Mar-a-Lago search. Mandatory Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America/Getty Images

Originally Published: 23 AUG 22 16:39 ET

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice

(CNN) -- A federal judge in Florida has given former President Donald Trump until Friday to refine the legal arguments in his request for a special master to oversee the review of evidence gathered in the Mar-a-Lago search.

District Court Judge Aileen Cannon in the Southern District of Florida ordered Trump's lawyers to elaborate on their arguments for why the court has the ability to step in at this time, explain what exactly Trump is asking for and whether the Justice Department has been served with Trump's special master motion.

Cannon also asked Trump's team to weigh in on any effect the request might have on a separate review conducted by a magistrate judge into whether any portions of the still-sealed FBI affidavit laying out probable cause for the search can be released.

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