If you recall, Judge Cannon showed some skepticism over Trump’s lawsuit requesting a special master and ordered Trump’s legal team to beef up its request.
They did so Friday evening in this pleading.
The next day, before DOJ could respond, Judge Cannon issued a preliminary order saying that she was inclined to appoint a special master.
The government will have a chance to respond by Tuesday and then the Court will have a hearing on Thursday. But this all seems beside the point as Cannon will likely follow through and appoint a special master.
Here’s hoping we get special masters in any case in which sensitive or privileged material is being reviewed by DOJ. Criminal defense lawyers have long complained about DOJ’s filter process, but the 11th Circuit recently turned back a challenge to a filter team in U.S. v. Korf. Perhaps the Trump case will make some headway with the issues of having DOJ doing its own filter of privileged or otherwise sensitive documents.