Trump sues justice department over Mar-a-Lago raid

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze a justice department investigation of files seized from his home in an FBI search.

In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed to oversee documents that agents removed from Mar-a-Lago in Florida this month.

Eleven sets of classified files were taken from Mr Trump's estate on 8 August, according to the FBI.

Mr Trump is being investigated for potentially mishandling documents.

On Monday, lawyers for Mr Trump filed papers asking that a third-party attorney - known as a special master - be appointed to determine whether the files are shielded under presidential privileges.

Special masters are normally appointed in criminal cases where there are concerns that some evidence may be protected under attorney-client privilege or other protections that could make it inadmissible in court.