Judge appoints special master to weed out documents under legal privilege rules but DoJ is expected to appeal the decision
What’s a special master, and why has Donald Trump asked for one in the Mar-a-Lago case?
As the Guardian reported yesterday, a special master can best be described as “an independent arbiter to vet records”, specifically for the two types of privilege Trump is worried about: “attorney-client confidentiality or … a legal principle called executive privilege”. The winning candidate is Raymond Dearie, a veteran federal judge with long experience handling sensitive matters, including terrorism and other national security cases.
Joe Biden is meeting with the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the White House at 2.15pm ET.
Fury is growing over Republican governors’ campaign to bring migrants from the souther border to Democratic-run areas, which has attracted the attention of the justice department.
The deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, will discuss the Biden administration’s efforts to free Americans held hostage abroad in a Washington Post event at 10.30 am ET.