Progress in the Cohen case regarding seized documents

In a court filing on Tuesday evening, [U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones, who was appointed by Judge Kimba Wood as 'special master' to review the seized documents for privilege claims] said she had already turned over to prosecutors more than 290,000 seized items that were not marked privileged by Cohen or Trump.

She said that more than a million items from three seized phones had also been designated as not privileged by Cohen and Trump, and would be turned over to prosecutors Wednesday after a final review.

Cohen and Trump have made at least 252 claims of privilege, according to the filing.

  Raw Story

Of course, those 252 are the ones I want to see.

Jones, whose expenses are being split by Cohen and prosecutors, billed for $47,390 for work done from April 24 through April 30.

For most of the work, which comprised just shy of 70 hours, she billed at a rate of $700 per hour. No objection to her bill was raised by either side, Jones noted in her filing.

  CNBC

Nice work if you can get it.

Jones said materials have been broken into four categories:

• Privileged Materials
• Partially Privileged Materials
• Non-Privileged Materials
• Highly Personal Materials

Jones described "highly personal materials" as "medical records or similar materials."

Unless Cohen, Trump, or the Trump Organization mark the material as privileged or highly personal, she is releasing the material to prosecutors as soon as it is available.

So, she really didn't have to even look at more than 252 documents, so far. Good money.

At this point no final end date for the review has been detailed by the Special Master.

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Cohen is due to appear in US District Court in Manhattan for a hearing [Wednesday].

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Wednesday's court hearing is set to provide Judge Kimba Wood an update on evidence seized from Cohen that is being reviewed by Jones.

Another issue expected to be addressed is a pending request by Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti to be admitted to the case to argue on Daniels' behalf, along with another local lawyer who is already representing her.

Avenatti, who practices law in California, is not admitted to federal court in New York, and therefore needs a special waiver to be granted by Wood to speak for Daniels in that venue.

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal, in an article quoting unidentified sources, said that Avenatti has "slowed down prosecutors' efforts to discuss the nondisclosure agreement with Ms. Clifford's former lawyer." The article said Avenatti has not acted on multiple requests by prosecutors to have Clifford waive her attorney-client privilege to allow her ex-attorney Keith Davidson discuss their communication about the hush-money pact.

Avenatti scoffed at that claim Tuesday.

"I speak with the US Attorneys' Office regularly about the case and we enjoy an excellent relationship," Avenatti wrote in an email to CNBC.

"We are continuing to do our part as it relates to providing information necessary for their investigation — I wish others would do the same," Avenatti wrote.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.