Judge orders Trump to go on record with any objections he has to Cohen documents review

A judge has ordered President Donald Trump to go on record with any objections he has to documents seized from his lawyer Michael Cohen’s office that are pending federal review.

Trump’s lawyer Joanna Hendon requested to have Trump look over the documents and share his objections in confidentiality.

However, Manhattan federal Judge Kimba Wood ruled Friday that the president and Cohen cannot seal their arguments for why certain documents should not be shared with the FBI according to the New York Post. 

Earlier this week special master Barbara Jones reported that after assessing 300,000 initial documents for privilege designations – only 162 were deemed privileged.

However Trump, the Trump Organization and Cohen disagree on three items over which they claim privilege, according to Business Insider.

Just last Wednesday Hendon filed a letter on behalf of her clients requesting objections be made under a seal.

She added she was ready to file those objections on Thursday, should they be allowed to do under the seal. 

Trump’s lawyer Joanna Hendon requested Trump’s objections to any documents be made under a seal

Cohen, Trump and the Trump Organization have reviewed 1.3million documents seized in the FBI raids on April 9

That request was denied as the government found ‘no reason’ they ‘should be deprived of access to the balance of the filing’. 

The review of the documents are yet to be complete. 

Cohen, Trump and the Trump Organization have reviewed 1.3million documents seized in the FBI raids on April 9. 

But there’s nearly 2.4million more documents left to review, Cohen’s attorney’s said during a hearing before Wood last week, where she said the review was going too slowly. 

She gave Cohen and Trump’s parties a deadline of June 15 to complete their review. Cohen’s lawyers have asked for that deadline to be pushed to mid-July.