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Igor Derysh

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Trump objects to special master requests - The Untold Story

Former U.S. President Donald Trump (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys pushed back on a request to back up his "planted" evidence claims from the special master tasked with reviewing thousands of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.

Longtime federal Judge Raymond Dearie, who was selected by Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon from a list proposed by the former president's legal team, asked Trump's lawyers to submit a sworn declaration on whether they believe the government's inventory list of items seized at Mar-a-Lago is accurate, essentially challenging them on Trump's repeated public claims that the FBI may have "planted" evidence during the search.

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