Judge orders special master to review seized Mar-a-Lago docs

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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A judge sided with former President Donald Trump allowing a special master to sift through documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago, forcing a major delay in the Justice Department’s case. Plus, President Biden is on the road with a midterm message to voters in key swing states just 64 days out from Election Day. Then, a billionaire’s granddaughter was abducted on a jog. Police say they know who is responsible but they just don’t know where she is. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A ruling so urgent it had to come on a holiday. The lead starts right now. A judge
0:08.3	signing with former President Trump allowing a special master to sift through
0:12.2	documents seized by the FBI at
0:14.2	Maralago and forcing a major delay in the Justice Department's case.
0:18.2	Plus, Battleground Blitz, President Biden is on the road, his midterm message to voters in key swing states
0:25.3	64 days out from election day. And a billionaire's granddaughter abducted on a jog,
0:31.6	police say they know who is responsible.
0:34.0	They just don't know where she is.
0:37.0	Welcome to this special edition of The lead. I'm Caitlin Collins in for Jake
0:45.1	Tapper. We start today with our politics lead and a major legal victory for
0:49.2	Donald Trump for now. A federal judge who is appointed by Trump has now granted his request for a special master,
0:56.1	allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from Maralago last month.
1:01.5	Judge Eileen Cannon cited several reasons for her
1:04.0	decision including the potential stigma that Donald Trump faces after the
1:08.2	search, plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks.
1:14.0	Trump's lawyers argued that he needed a special master
1:16.5	because they couldn't trust the Justice Department.
1:18.8	And in today's ruling, the judge said
1:20.4	that federal investigators cannot continue reviewing the materials
1:23.4	that they took until the special master has finished their work.
1:26.6	Let's get straight to CNN's senior justice correspondent Evan Perez.
1:30.2	Evan I know this filing is 24 pages long and came out on this holiday but what are the
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