Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said former President Donald Trump’s team scored a major victory last week when a U.S. judge approved his request for a special master to review documents taken by the FBI from his Florida home last month.
“It’s a big win for the Trump team and a potentially explosive ruling if it holds. I would imagine it’s important enough that the government will appeal this immediately,” McCarthy told Fox News on Monday morning.
Late last month, following the Aug. 8 raid on the Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump’s attorneys filed a petition with Florida Judge Aileen Cannon to obtain a special master—or a neutral third party—to review the documents that were taken by FBI agents. Cannon sided with Trump’s team in her order, noting the unprecedented nature of the FBI targeting a former president’s home, while adding that she has concerns regarding government leaks about the case to the media….