10 things you need to know today: September 6, 2022

Federal judge agrees to Trump request for a special master to review documents, one of the two suspects in Canada's deadly stabbings is found dead, and more

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1. Judge grants Trump 'special master' to review seized documents

A federal judge on Monday granted former President Donald Trump's request to appoint a "special master" to review documents the FBI seized in a search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, said the Justice Department can't use the materials in its investigation of Trump's handling of classified and top-secret documents until the independent review is completed, a win for Trump. The Justice Department has said Trump should be treated like any other person, but Cannon said appointing a special master was necessary "to ensure at least the appearance of fairness" under "extraordinary circumstances." Legal scholars called the ruling "laughably bad" and an "unprecedented intervention" by a judge in a national security investigation.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.