An assistant United States attorney, Rebekah Donaleski, said during the hearing that the government was already using a “filter team” to review which materials should be privileged and shielded from prosecutors. She said prosecutors would discuss with the defense team whether there was any basis to invoke executive privilege. The prosecutors in the case, from the office of the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York along with the F.B.I., have conducted searches of email and social media accounts, electronic devices and several unidentified premises, she said. Another lawyer for Mr. Parnas, Joseph A. Bondy, stood before a bank of microphones after the hearing and spoke to a crowd of reporters outside the stately pillared courthouse. In the end, I put my faith in God.”

Source: New York Times October 23, 2019 18:17 UTC