The privilege review team established by the Department of Justice to examine documents seized at Donald Trump’s flophouse and supper club in Florida informed the court that it found a “limited set” of papers that might be excluded because of concerns of attorney-client privilege, according to a court filing by the DOJ.
“[I]n accordance with the judicially authorized search warrant‘s provisions, the Privilege Review Team (as described in paragraphs 81-84 of the search warrant affidavit) identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information, completed its review of those materials, and is in the process of following the procedures set forth in paragraph 84 of the search warrant affidavit to address potential privilege disputes,” the motion stated.
According to the affidavit supporting the warrant application, the DOJ established a special, isolated review team, who are not involved in the investigation, to identify documents that could be excluded from further investigative processes because they include information covered by established laws on privilege. The review was undertaken from the time the documents were recovered by FBI agents August 8th, and preceded the request by the Trump legal team for a special master, which was filed two weeks after the search had occurred.