Former President Donald Trump filed a motion Monday demanding federal investigators stop going through material seized from his Mar-a-Lago mansion until a special master could be appointed to review the evidence, according to the NY Post.
The 27-page filing in Florida federal court, also asked for the federal government to provide more detail about what was seized in the Aug. 8 raid on the 45th president’s Palm Beach estate and demanded the government return any item not covered by the search warrant.
The motion was filed hours after US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart formally denied the Justice Department’s motion to keep the affidavit underpinning the search to be completely sealed.
Donald Trump posted a statement on Truth Social regarding the Motion:
“We have just filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida strongly asserting my rights, including under the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution, regarding the unnecessary, unwarranted, and unAmerican Break-In by dozens of FBI agents, and others, of my home, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida…”