Prosecutors Request Special Master To Sift Through Evidence Seized From Giuliani

President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, waits to testify before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on December 2, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
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Prosecutors in the Justice Department’s investigation into ex-Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to appoint a “special master” to examine the materials that the FBI seized during a search on the lawyer’s home and office last Wednesday, according a court document unsealed on Tuesday.

In a letter sent to the judge the day after the FBI search, prosecutors argue that a special master ought to independently sort through the seized materials to determine what the Justice Department can have access to and what is protected under attorney-client privilege, due to “the unusually sensitive privilege issues that the Warrants may implicate.” The materials consist of Giuliani’s electronic devices.

The prosecutors told the judge that the appointment would “promote the perception of fairness” in the high-profile case.

The request comes as Giuliani and Trumpworld claim the DOJ’s search warrant was a political hit job by the Biden administration, despite the fact that the investigation into Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine began during ex-President Donald Trump’s term.

The attorney also called the search warrant a “disturbing example of complete disregard for the attorney-client privilege protected by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.”

Read the letter below:

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  1. Avatar for danny danny says:

    Amendmen VI

    In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

  2. Oh boy, the DOJ used an unfamiliar term—Special Master—which could be demagogued by shameless charlatans. I mean, they were all supposed to be super afraid of President Obama’s “Czars” too.

    I smell a new legal strategy brewing…latch onto the shiny object!!! Squirrel!!!

  3. This is all going to amount to three years of backroom drama, and eventually possible breathless trial reporting, before the inevitable anti-climax of a President Cotton pardon.

  4. DOJ would be happy to discuss attorney-client privilege if Mr. Giuliani would specify who his clients were, in detail.

  5. I think even Inspector Clouseau could come up with an unbeatable prosecution of Ghoulie.

    A Special Master will only be that much better.

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