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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.

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Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records

A federal appeals court has lifted a judge’s hold on the Justice Department’s ability to use classified records seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate in its ongoing criminal investigation

The Independent UK

Trump backer who plotted bombing Democratic HQ in Sacramento blames beer for ‘huge mistake’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When two Bay Area supporters of former President Donald Trump were indicted last year on charges of plotting to blow up the Democratic headquarters building in Sacramento, federal officials described the plans as “despicable conduct” with no place in American society.

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Appeals court allows review of Mar-a-Lago classified documents - Roll Call

A federal appellate court Wednesday allowed the Justice Department to use classified documents seized in a search of Donald Trump’s Florida club last month.

Roll Call

Judge Reviewing Mar-a-Lago Documents Complains That Trump Has Offered No Evidence He Declassified Them

In any case, that issue does not seem relevant under the statutes that the FBI cited in its search warrant.

Reason

U.S. urges appeals court to block Trump from reviewing classified records

Former President Donald Trump has failed to provide evidence he declassified any records the FBI seized from his Florida estate and he is not entitled to review them or have them returned, the U.S. Justice Department has argued to a federal appeals court.

Reuters

Trump special master pick "backfired"

“You can’t have your cake and eat it,” Raymond Dearie told Trump lawyers after they refused to provide evidence

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'This Is Not a Bluff': Putin Amps Up Nuke Threats

Plus: Migrants sue DeSantis, Justice Department undercounts jail and prison deaths, Juul sues for FDA records, and more...

Reason

First Trump hearing by special master descends into chaos: ‘Mute! Mute! Mute!’

‘You need to mute your phones,’ one person yells as others use coarse language to get the point across

The Independent UK

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

Trump ally sues U.S. Justice Department, demands return of seized cellphone

My Pillow Inc's chief executive, Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, sued the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seeking the return of his cellphone, which FBI agents seized last week.

Reuters

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

U.S. attorney general, Ukraine's top prosecutor to work together on war crimes prosecution - Justice Dept

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland met with Ukraine's top prosecutor in Washington on Tuesday and agreed to work more closely together to prosecute individuals involved in war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine, the Justice Department said.

Reuters

US lays charges in ‘egregious plot’ to steal child meal funding

Justice Department accuses defendants in Minnesota of stealing $250m meant to feed low-income children during pandemic.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells court not to trust Biden in Trump records case

Several other Republican attorneys general joined Paxton in bashing the Biden administration, largely over previous policy decisions they disagreed with.

Los Angeles Times

Trump lawyers oppose Justice Department request to keep classified information from special master

WASHINGTON — In a court filing Tuesday, former President Donald Trump’s lawyers again questioned if the classified documents recovered by the FBI during the Aug. 8 search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida were actually classified, but provided no proof that Trump had declassified them.

Reason

Senate Investigation Finds Justice Department Undercounted Prison and Jail Deaths Last Year by Nearly 1,000

The report says the inaccuracies "deprived Congress and the American public of information about who is dying in custody and why."

Reason

Flying Is a Mess Right Now, but Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong To Blame Airline Mergers

Why does Elizabeth Warren think that JetBlue buying Spirit Airlines will be bad for consumers?

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Roll Call

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.

Salon

Trump special master calls his "bluff"

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

Benzinga

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The Independent UK

Trump legal team balks at judge's declassification questions

Donald Trump’s legal team has told a judge it does not want to answer his questions about the declassification status of the documents seized last month from the former president’s Florida home

Benzinga

Trump Was Warned About Legal Implications Of Holding Government Files Before Mar-a-Lago Raid But Turned Deaf Ear To It: NYT

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s defenses in the Mar-a-Lago document case are getting weaker by the day.

Reuters

Oath Keepers militia trial tests prosecutors in U.S. Capitol riot cases

The trial of Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, is set to begin next week in what could be the biggest test for the U.S. Justice Department in its quest to hold former President Donald Trump's supporters accountable for their Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the…

Reuters

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.

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