The Department of Justice shared on Monday that some documents recovered during the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's home could "potentially contain attorney-client privileged information."
The news was shared by Justice Department lawyers who acknowledged the discovery while submitting information to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon.
Cannon is the judge deciding whether to appoint a special master to review the documents seized by the FBI upon Trump's team's request.
On Saturday, the judge ordered the Justice Department to file under seal "a more detailed Receipt for Property specifying all property seized."
The judge is believed to have wanted to know "the status of Defendant's review of the seized property, including any filter review conducted by the privilege review team and any dissemination of materials beyond the privilege review team."
The FBI raid has sparked outrage against the FBI and federal law enforcement among Trump supporters. One of Trump's former personal attorneys, Jenna Ellis, even went as far as to blame the raid on Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's loss in the state's Republican primary.
Cheney, who served as the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was ousted by a Trump-supported Republican this month.
"Look, we're not hearing anything about Jan. 6 anymore," Ellis proclaimed. "The timing of this is so suspicious because right after Liz Cheney loses her primary, and everything about the Jan. 6 Committee is going away, now this raid happens."
The only problem with Ellis's claim is that the raid occurred on Aug. 8 and Cheney lost her primary on Aug. 16, eight days later.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has also spoken up about the raid on Trump, noting that if he were prosecuted, public outrage would result in "riots."
"If they tried to prosecute President Trump for mishandling classified information after Hillary Clinton set up a server in her basement, there literally will be riots in the street," Graham said.
As for Cannon, the judge said she intends to grant Trump's request for a special master but also said she is waiting until Thursday to hear the government's arguments against the ruling.
If granted, the special master would be in charge of reviewing documents for issues of privilege, not the records that are highly sensitive.
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