Attorney Client Privilege Could Protect Some Documents Seized at Mar-A-Lago

Bob Litt was a guest on CNBC’s The News With Shepard Smith, discussing the latest developments in the search for classified documents at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, as DOJ lawyers said attorney-client privilege could cover a limited number of seized documents.

“I want to start by making one caution. Because if you read today’s Justice Department’s filing closely, they don’t actually say that they have gone through all the materials. The way the search warrant was constructed was, the special privilege team searched one room, and the regular teams searched the rest of the offices. And the Department’s filing today says that the special privilege team has finished its review, but it does not say that they’ve actually completed a review of all the other documents,” Bob said. “Having said that, I think there is a real question about how valuable a special master would be at this point, because a special master would only make recommendations to a judge, and the procedures approved when the search warrant was issued already provide that if the privilege team identifies potentially privileged documents, they would bring them to the judge for decision. So it’s not at all clear whether a special master would accomplish anything other than potentially an opportunity for delay by the former President,” he added.

Watch the full interview.