The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its August 8 search at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labelled as “classified,” according to court records that were unsealed on Friday.
The unsealing by US District Judge Aileen Cannon in West Palm Beach came one day after she heard oral arguments by Trump’s attorneys and the Justice Department’s top two counterintelligence prosecutors over whether she should appoint a special master to conduct a privilege review of the seized materials at Trump’s request.
Cannon deferred ruling immediately on whether to appoint a special master but said she would agree to unseal two records filed by the Justice Department.
Former US Attorney General William Barr, who was appointed by Trump, questioned the usefulness of such an appointment.
