Trump not required to provide sworn declaration that FBI ‘planted’ evidence

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Donald Trump would not have to provide a sworn declaration that the FBI supposedly "planted" some of the highly-sensitive documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort, as he has suggested, until his lawyers have reviewed the seized materials.

The order from US district court judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the special master case and is a Trump appointee, also pushed back several key interim deadlines that consequently extends the review's final date of completion from the end of November to mid-December.

Cannon's ruling means Trump does not have to confirm under oath his insinuations that the FBI manufactured evidence - one of several assertions he has made in recent weeks, without evidence, that could be used against him should he be charged over illegal retention of government documents.