Records show US government has retrieved highly sensitive materials from former president on three separate occasions
An inventory of materials in that initial transfer showed the National Archives recovered frommore than 100 documents marked as classified – more than 700 pages in total – and some with “Special Access Program” markings that designate the highest level of classification.
, that a court restricts the justice department from reviewing any more of the seized documents until a special master – usually a retired lawyer or judge – is appointed. In essence, the argument goes, there could be materials or communications seized by the FBI that are privileged but not themselves be used in furtherance of a crime – that even if the justice department would like to use in a prosecution, should be excluded from the evidence.
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