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An appeals court rules the DOJ can regain access to documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

A federal appeals court has permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.

WEKU · Sep 22, 2022

U.S. appeals court says Trump criminal probe can resume classified records review

The U.S. Justice Department can resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home pending appeal, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday, giving a boost to the criminal investigation into whether the records were mishandled or compromised.

Reuters · Sep 22, 2022

US wins court order letting it use some Trump documents in probe

The U.S. Justice Department can use about 100 documents with classified markings seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in an ongoing criminal investigation and national security review, a federal appeals court said.

Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022

Bill Barr's crackpot theory got us here

Bill Barr, John Yoo and their Federalist Society pals told Trump that presidential power had no limits. Whoops!

Salon · Sep 21, 2022

Trump's Lawyers Get Rapped By Special Master In Mar-A-Lago Case: 'You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It'

Donald Trump’s lawyers faced questions from the special master tasked with reviewing the papers recovered from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of the former president.

Benzinga · Sep 21, 2022

Donald Trump’s arguments greeted with skepticism by special master

WASHINGTON: The special master requested by Donald Trump to review thousands of documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago home expressed skepticism about some of the former president’s arguments.

The Times of India · Sep 21, 2022

Trump lawyers pressed on seized Mar-a-Lago documents by special master in NYC

NEW YORK — The special master reviewing Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago papers signaled Tuesday that he wants to carry out a limited review, and pressed the former president’s lawyers for refusing to take a position on whether Trump declassified any of the documents.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

Trump urges appeals court to keep delay of DOJ’s document probe

In a filing Tuesday, former President Donald Trump urged an appeals court to keep a delay in an investigation of his handling of documents.

Roll Call · Sep 20, 2022

Trump special master calls his "bluff"

Trump lawyers immediately balk at Dearie's request for details on Trump's claim that he "declassified" documents

Salon · Sep 20, 2022

Judge asks Trump's lawyers if he declassified records in FBI search

The U.S. judge named to review documents seized by the FBI last month at Donald Trump's Florida home pressed Trump's lawyers on Tuesday to say whether they plan to assert that the records had been declassified by the former president, as he has claimed.

Reuters · Sep 20, 2022