Politico: “Federal prosecutors are seeking to submit the vast trove of information the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to a court-appointed special master for review before any records are turned over to investigators, according to a person familiar with the matter and a letter made public Tuesday. The move would be a departure from the Justice Department’s usual practice of resisting outside review of materials seized in sensitive investigations, like searches of attorney’s offices or lawyers’ electronic devices.”
“However, citing ‘unusually sensitive privilege issues’ at stake in the investigation and the ‘overt and public nature’ of the searches, prosecutors said they were embracing such a review in this instance. ‘The Government considers it appropriate for the court to appoint a special master to make the privilege determinations as to materials seized pursuant to the warrants,’ lawyers from the office of U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss wrote in a letter sent last week to U.S. District Court Judge Paul Oetken. The letter was unsealed by the court Tuesday. Prosecutors appear to have written to Oetken because he is overseeing a criminal case in which two associates of Giuliani face campaign finance and fraud charges. Giuliani has not been charged.”