Special Master Tells Trump to Back Up Privilege Claims

“The special master reviewing materials seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s compound in Florida expressed skepticism on Tuesday about early claims by Mr. Trump’s lawyers that certain documents were privileged and thus could be withheld from a Justice Department investigation,” the New York Times reports.

“In a phone conference, the special master, Judge Raymond Dearie of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, complained that the log of an initial batch of documents over which Mr. Trump is seeking to claim privilege lacked sufficient information to determine whether the arguments were valid.”

Said Drearie: “It’s a little perplexing as I go through the log. What’s the expression — ‘Where’s the beef?’ I need some beef.”