司法部周一表示，其团队的任务是识别潜在的律师-客户特权材料搜查前总统唐纳德·特朗普的Mar-a-Lago庄园本月早些时候已经完成了审查，并正在解决可能的特权纠纷。
在一份确认收到地区法官艾琳·坎农(Aileen Cannon)周六命令的文件中，该文件表明她倾向于批准特朗普法律团队的请求，即任命一名特别主管干预正在进行的对从Mar-a-Lago没收的文件的审查，该部门表示，其过滤团队已经“确定了一组可能包含律师-客户特权信息的有限材料。”
正如司法部在之前的文件中承认的那样，这个过滤小组与参与DOJ正在进行的刑事调查的小组是分开的。
然而，特朗普的法律团队要求指定一个特别事项，对搜索中可能受到行政特权保护的任何材料进行审查，尽管尚不清楚如何识别这些材料，也不清楚将它们排除在DOJ正在进行的调查之外的依据。
该部还通知坎农法官，DOJ和国家情报总监办公室正在对从Mar-a-Lago回收的材料进行分类审查，并对可能导致任何机密材料披露的任何潜在国家安全风险进行单独的情报机构评估。
DOJ表示，预计将在周二结束前对特朗普的特别硕士请求做出更详细的回应，这符合坎农法官周六设定的最后期限。特朗普的律师此前表示，DOJ告诉他们，他们将反对这样的任命。
听证会目前定于周四下午1点在西棕榈滩举行，坎农法官将听取双方对该请求的辩论。
DOJ tells judge it has completed review of possible attorney-client privileged materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
The Justice Department on Monday said its team tasked with identifying potential attorney-client privileged materials that were seized in thesearch of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estateearlier this month has already completed its review and is in the process of addressing possible privilege disputes.
In a filing acknowledging receipt of District Judge Aileen Cannon's order Saturday, which indicated she was leaning towards granting a request from Trump's legal team to appoint a special master to intervene in the ongoing review of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, the department said its filter team already "identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information."
As the department has acknowledged in previous filings, that filter team is separate from the team involved in DOJ's ongoing criminal investigation.
The Trump legal team, however, has asked for the appointment of a special matter to undertake a review of any materials in the search that could be covered by executive privilege, though it's unclear how such materials would be identified or what basis there would be to exclude them from DOJ's ongoing investigation.
The department also notified Judge Cannon that DOJ and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are conducting a classification review of materials recovered from Mar-a-Lago as well as a separate intelligence community assessment of any potential risk of national security that would result in disclosure of any of the classified materials.
DOJ says it expects to file a more detailed response to Trump's request for a special master by end of day Tuesday, in line with the deadline set Saturday by Judge Cannon. Trump's attorneys have previously said they were told by DOJ that they would oppose such an appointment.
A hearing is currently set for Thursday at 1 p.m. in West Palm Beach where Judge Cannon will hear arguments from both sides on the request.
