A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted the Department of Justice (DOJ) permission to regain access to around 100 documents marked classified seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month. Judges Robin Rosenbaum, Britt Grant, and Andrew Brasher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit unanimously agreed the lower court…
Appeals Court Allows DOJ to Regain Access to Classified Documents Seized From Mar-a-Lago
11 States Back Trump in Battle With Biden Administration Over Mar-a-Lago Raid
Eleven Republican attorneys general are backing former President Donald Trump, telling a federal appeals court that President Joe Biden’s administration’s “questionable conduct” in other cases should inform its looming decision on records seized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) from Trump. For instance, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 10 other attorneys general wrote in an…
Trump Hasn’t Proven He Declassified Records Seized From Mar-a-Lago, DOJ Tells Appeals Court
Former President Donald Trump has not put forth evidence that he declassified records FBI agents seized from Mar-a-Lago in August, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers told an appeals court in a brief filed late Sept. 20. Trump “again implies that he could have declassified the records before leaving office. As before, however, Plaintiff conspicuously…
Trump: Melania ‘Felt Very Violated’ by FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago
Former First Lady Melania Trump felt “very violated” after FBI agents raided her Mar-a-Lago home last month, according to former President Donald Trump. “She felt very violated. I mean, this is a terrible thing. They go into her closet, they go through her dresses, and who knows what else, and it wasn’t left the way…
Special Master in Trump Case Says He Doesn’t Want to See Records Marked Classified
A U.S. judge appointed as a special master in the legal battle over records held at former President Donald Trump’s home said on Sept. 20 that he prefers not to see the materials marked classified that were seized by FBI agents. “Let’s not belittle the fact that we are dealing with at least potentially legitimately…
Government Hasn’t Proven Trump Held Classified Records: Trump Lawyers
U.S. officials have not proven that former President Donald Trump held classified records, lawyers for the ex-president said in a new filing on Sept. 20. The government “presupposes that the documents it claims are classified are, in fact, classified and their segregation is inviolable. However, the Government has not yet proven this critical fact,” the…
Trump Lawyers Say Not Yet as Special Master Requests Document Declassification Details
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has rejected a request to disclose details about his claims of having declassified the documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago residence in the upcoming proceedings. In a court filing (pdf) on Sept. 19, Trump’s legal team told Judge Raymond Dearie—a Brooklyn-based senior judge serving as an independent…
Trump Lawyers Decline Special Master Requests on Document Declassification Details
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has rejected a request to disclose details about his claims of having declassified the documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago residence in the upcoming proceedings. In a court filing (pdf) on Sept. 19, Trump’s legal team told Judge Raymond Dearie—a Brooklyn-based senior judge serving as an independent…
Fake Documents Struck From Trump Search Case
Purported U.S. government documents that ordered CNN to preserve “leaked tax records” and were entered into the search warrant case for former President Donald Trump have been struck from the U.S. court system after the government disavowed them. The documents were purportedly submitted to the U.S. court in West Palm Beach, Florida, by the U.S….
Trump Returns to Mar-a-Lago, Reveals ‘Place Will Never Be the Same’ After Raid
Former President Donald Trump revealed Monday that he returned to his Mar-a-Lago property while decrying the FBI’s raid targeting the resort last month. “Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government ‘crime,’ the FBI’s Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago,” he…
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