Video above: Judge says Trump affidavit may be heavily redactedLawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to halt the FBI's review of documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed to inspect the records.The request was included in a federal lawsuit, the first filing by Trump's legal team in the two weeks since the search, that takes broad aim at the FBI investigation into the discovery of classified records at Mar-a-Lago and that foreshadows arguments his lawyers are expected to make as the probe proceeds.The lawsuit casts the Aug. 8 search, in which the FBI said it recovered 11 sets of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, as a 맥스카지노�shockingly aggressive move." It also attacks the warrant as overly broad, contends that Trump is entitled to a more detailed description of the records seized from the home and argues that the FBI and Justice Department has long treated him 맥스카지노�unfairly.맥스카지노�"Law enforcement is a shield that protects America. It cannot be used as a weapon for political purposes," the lawyers wrote Monday. 맥스카지노�Therefore, we seek judicial assistance in the aftermath of an unprecedented and unnecessary raid맥스카지노� at Mar-a-Lago.In a separate statement, Trump said 맥스카지노�ALL documents have been previously declassified맥스카지노� 맥스카지노� though he has not produced evidence to support that claim 맥스카지노� and described the records as having been 맥스카지노�illegally seized from my home." The Justice Department countered in a terse three-sentence statement pointing out that the search had been authorized by a federal judge after the FBI presented probable cause that a crime had been committed.The filing requests the appointment of a special master not connected the case who would be tasked with inspecting the records recovered from Mar-a-Lago and setting aside those that are covered by executive privilege 맥스카지노� a principle that permits presidents to withhold certain communications from public disclosure.In some other high-profile cases 맥스카지노� including investigations involving Rudy Giuliani and Michael Cohen, two of Trump's personal attorneys 맥스카지노� that role has been filled by a former judge.맥스카지노�This matter has captured the attention of the American public. Merely 맥스카지노�adequate맥스카지노� safeguards are not acceptable when the matter at hand involves not only the constitutional rights of President Trump, but also the presumption of executive privilege,맥스카지노� the attorneys wrote.The lawsuit argues that the records, created during Trump's White House tenure, are 맥스카지노�presumptively privileged.맥스카지노� But the Supreme Court has never determined whether a former president can assert executive privilege over documents, writing in January that the issue is unprecedented and raises 맥스카지노�serious and substantial concerns.맥스카지노�The high court turned down Trump맥스카지노�s plea to block records held by the National Archives from being turned over to the Jan. 6 committee, saying then that his request would have been denied even if he had been the incumbent president, so there was no need to tackle the thorny issue of a former president맥스카지노�s claims.The lawsuit paints Trump as 맥스카지노�fully cooperative맥스카지노� and compliant with investigators, saying members of his personal and household staff were made available for voluntary interviews and quoting him as telling FBI and Justice Department officials during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago, 맥스카지노�Whatever you need, just let us know.맥스카지노�But the chronology of events makes clear that the search took place only after other options to recover classified documents from the home had been incomplete or unsuccessful. In May, for instance, weeks before the search, the Justice Department issued a subpoena for records bearing classification markings.The Trump team's lawsuit was assigned to U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who was nominated by Trump in 2020 and confirmed by the Senate 56-21 later that year. She is a former assistant U.S. attorney in Florida, handling mainly criminal appeals.The months-long investigation, which burst into public view with the Mar-a-Lago search, emerged from a referral from the National Archives, which earlier this year retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from the estate that should have been turned over to the agency when Trump left the White House. An initial review of that material concluded that Trump had brought presidential records and several other documents that were marked classified to Mar-a-Lago.FBI and Justice Department officials visited Mar-a-Lago in June and asked to inspect a storage room. Several weeks later, the Justice Department subpoenaed for video footage from surveillance cameras at the estate. After the meeting at Mar-a-Lago, investigators interviewed another witness who told them that there were likely additional classified documents still at the estate, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.Separately Monday, a federal judge acknowledged that redactions to an FBI affidavit spelling out the basis for the search might be so extensive as to make the document 맥스카지노�meaningless맥스카지노� if released to the public. But he said he continued to believe it should not remain sealed in its entirety because of the 맥스카지노�intense맥스카지노� public interest in the investigation.A written order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart largely restates what he said in court last week, when he directed the Justice Department to propose redactions about the information in the affidavit that it wants to remain secret. That submission is due Thursday at noon.Justice Department officials have sought to keep the entire document sealed, saying disclosing any portion of it risks compromising an ongoing criminal investigation, revealing information about witnesses and divulging investigative techniques. They have advised the judge that the necessary redactions to the affidavit would be so numerous that they would strip the document of any substantive information and make it effectively meaningless for the public.Reinhart acknowledged that possibility in his Monday order, writing, 맥스카지노�I cannot say at this point that partial redactions will be so extensive that they will result in a meaningless disclosure, but I may ultimately reach that conclusion after hearing further from the Government.맥스카지노�___Associated Press writers Curt Anderson, Jill Colvin in New York and Mark Sherman contributed to this report.