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The former president’s request for a special master — which one of his lawyers called a ‘really modest idea’ — lives another day, at least.
The courthouse at West Palm Beach, Florida, where a federal judge heard arguments September 1, 2022, on whether to appoint an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI in a search of President Trump's Florida home. AP/Wilfredo Lee
The federal judge mulling whether a special master is warranted in the case against President Trump turns out to have an independent streak that has injected uncertainty into these preliminary proceedings, and Mr. Trump’s request for a special master — which one of his lawyers called a “really modest idea”— lives another day, at least.
During a two-hour hearing held not at Judge Aileen Cannon’s usual courtroom at Fort Pierce bur rather at West Palm Beach, within striking distance of Mr.
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