Justice Department to file response to Trump request for special master to oversee seized material

The Justice Department will on Tuesday file its response to former President Trump's request for a so-called special master to oversee the FBI's review of materials agents seized in Trump's Florida estate.

The response will reportedly be filed publicly in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

The department was granted permission by the court's Judge Aileen Cannon to file as many as 40 pages of response after federal officials said the 20-page limit set by the court couldn't "adequately address the legal and factual issues raised by" Trump's filings, according to CNN.

Cannon has also ordered the department to file sealed documents with more information about what agents seized from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump has a deadline of Wednesday night to file his reply to the department's filing. And Cannon has scheduled a hearing on the matter for Thursday to consider Trump's request for a special master -- a third-party attorney appointed by a court to oversee part of a certain case.

Cannon, a Trump appointee, has already signaled a "preliminary intent" to grant Trump's request for a special master – a third-party, court-appointed attorney.