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    1. A letter to the special master overseeing a review of files seized from Mar-a-Lago has opened a window on disputes between Trump and DOJ over an initial batch. nytimes.com/2022/10/20/us/trump-documents-dispute.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
  1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
    Trump team letter to special master today says DOJ letter last night incorrectly said Trump wasn't claiming exec privilege over four clemency docs, but he is. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.153.0_2.pdf
    1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
      Confusingly, the letter also points to two notes DOJ agrees are not government records -- about meeting requests and about questions from "Molly" for Trump -- and says because DOJ agrees they are personal property, there's nothing for the special master to adjudicate, but ..../1
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
      1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
        ...but Trump team doesn't say Trump isn't claiming those are executive privileged, the position attributed to it by DOJ. Not clear to me if Trump is withdrawing exec privilege claim, or if they don't understand that DOJ can use his property as evidence so privilege still matters.