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Justice Department plans to appeal ruling for a special master in Trump Mar-a-Lago search

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice intends to appeal a federal judge’s decision to grant former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home, a ruling that temporarily halts the use of the records for investigative purposes.

Los Angeles Times

‘Something horribly failed.’ How did so many of America’s secrets end up at Mar-a-Lago?

WASHINGTON — At least 300 documents containing classified information left the White House with former President Donald Trump, an unprecedented situation that has led to the FBI investigating possible violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice.

Los Angeles Times

Noah Feldman: Do ‘Trump judges’ exist? We’re about to find out

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Start circling the wagons. That’s the message a federal district judge is sending to other Trump-appointed judges by allowing a special master to review the documents seized from a Mar-A-Lago safe. By suggesting that former president Donald Trump might be able to invoke executive privilege after leaving…

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Robin Abcarian: Melania feels violated when by the FBI search? We feel violated by her husband's behavior

After FBI agents reportedly searched her Mar-a-Lago bedroom for purloined government documents, former First Lady Melania Trump recently told friends she felt "violated," reports Radar Online.

Los Angeles Times

Outrage builds over new report Trump stashed top secret nuclear documents at Mar-a-Lago

Former President Donald Trump was slammed Wednesday after a new report claimed he had super top secret documents describing a foreign country’s nuclear capacities stashed at his Florida resort home.

Tribune News Service

Trump investigation: Where do things stand and what happens next?

An FBI raid, seized documents, and a court-ordered ‘special master’ review: Here’s what it all means.

Al Jazeera

Trump's Document Trove Reportedly Included Information About a Foreign Nation's Nuclear Capabilities

"Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax," says the former president, who insists that nothing at Mar-a-Lago was actually classified.

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New reporting about the Trump FBI raid suggests there really were nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago

And Trump is not handling the allegations well.

Mic

Colbert on Trump special master ruling: ‘This decision is bonkers’

Late-night hosts return to discuss the federal investigation into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago resort

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Trump-appointed judge hands Trump an undeserved victory. No surprise there

A federal judge issued a ruling on Labor Day that is, unfortunately, no longer surprising even though it should be shocking to all but the most MAGA-blinded Americans. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, ruled that executive privilege might apply in the case of the government-owned documents that the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Special master": A dreadful idea

Our justice system is already deeply unfair. Insisting on a higher bar for Trump's prosecution only makes it worse

Salon

Commentary: The special master order for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents is perverse and potentially disastrous

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order requiring the appointment of a special master to sift through the property seized in the search of Mar-a-Lago has found few defenders. Its tendentious factual account and muddled legal reasoning are easy to denigrate.

Los Angeles Times

The Trump ‘special master’ ruling violates the principle that no-one is above the law

Judge Aileen Cannon’s opinion screams out that she applies more lenient rules to Donald Trump

The Guardian - US

FBI ‘found document on foreign nation’s nuclear secrets during raid of Donald Trump’s Florida home’

Agents recovered a document describing a foreign government’s nuclear defence capabilities during its search of Mar-a-Lago, the Washington Post reported

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Al Jazeera

Seized Trump documents showed foreign nation’s nuclear capability

More than 11,000 government documents and photographs were seized when the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

The Independent UK

Bill Barr says DoJ should appeal ‘wrong’ special master ruling on Trump documents

Federal court ruled on Monday that outside arbiter must review seized Trump documents

The Independent UK

Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case

A little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Donald Trump is in the spotlight this week over her decision to hand the former president a major procedural win

The Independent UK

Who is Judge Aileen Cannon and why is her role in the Trump documents case so controversial?

Examining the judge who will play a key role in Donald Trump’s legal defence

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The Independent UK

Florida’s ‘Mother Teresa’ charged in $196m Ponzi scheme

Prosecutors say scheme brought in money from more than 15,400 investors across the US

Tribune News Service

Trump-appointed judge courts controversy with Mar-a-Lago order

When U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon was up for Senate confirmation in 2020, she was pointedly asked whether she’d had discussions about loyalty to then-President Donald Trump before he nominated her to Florida’s federal bench.

ABC News

Judge grants Donald Trump's special master bid in document probe

The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into classified documents kept at former president Donald Trump's Florida home – a judge's ruling could delay the probe.

Tribune News Service

Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records

A federal judge granted Donald Trump’s request for a neutral third party to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and temporarily barred the government from using the trove to develop its criminal investigation into the former president.

The Independent UK

What is a special master, the official who will now review documents seized from Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago?

Appointment is minor victory for Trump, but DoJ can appeal

Tribune News Service

Trump wins bid for ‘special master’ for Mar-a-Lago records

Tribune News Service

Sen. Marco Rubio calls Trump’s top secret document scandal a ‘storage issue’

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents at his Florida resort a “storage issue.”

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