Disgraced former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann is fighting to safeguard personal diaries that were seized during a raid on his home by the anti-corruption watchdog.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission conducted the search in June 2024 amid an investigation into claims Lehrmann misappropriated secret documents related to French submarines.

Lehrmann denies the allegation and claims investigators seized only two handwritten personal diaries during the raid.

The former political staffer told the Federal Court the diaries contained confidential information that should not be disclosed due to a claim of legal professional privilege.

"Those diaries ... may become an issue. It's my concern that they're held by (NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton)," Lehrmann said on Wednesday.

"My submissi

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