Category: FBI Raids Trump Resort

Trump Scored ‘Big Win’ With Ruling on Special Master in FBI Case: Former Prosecutor

Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said former President Donald Trump’s team scored a major victory last week when a U.S. judge approved his request for a special master to review documents taken by the FBI from his Florida home last month. “It’s a big win for the Trump team and a potentially explosive ruling if…


Trump Fights Back Against DOJ, Asks Judge to Reject Review of Mar-a-Lago Documents

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday urged a federal judge to reject the Department of Justice’s bid to keep reviewing documents that were taken during the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s lawyers argued that the materials that were taken by FBI agents on Aug. 8 may not be classified. At the same time, while he…


Trump Lawyers Fire Back After DOJ Asks to Continue Review of Documents Seized by FBI

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday urged a federal judge to reject the Department of Justice’s bid to keep reviewing documents that were taken during the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s lawyers argued that the materials that were taken by FBI agents on Aug. 8 may not be classified. At the same time, while he…


Judge Set to Hear Trump and DOJ Picks for Special Master

Former President Donald Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) have each submitted two candidates to serve as an independent special master to review documents the FBI seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence last month. The four candidates for the position were revealed on Sept. 9 in an eight-page filing (pdf) with the U.S. District…


Judge Set to Hear Trump and DOJ Picks for Special Master Monday

Former President Donald Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) have each submitted two candidates to serve as an independent special master to review documents the FBI seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence last month. The four candidates for the position were revealed on Sept. 9 in an eight-page filing (pdf) with the U.S. District…


Trump Attorney Accuses DOJ of Cover-Up After FBI Raid

A lawyer for former President Donald Trump criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the FBI raid on the 45th president’s Mar-a-Lago residence and said it is a “fair question” to ask whether the agency is engaging in a cover-up. “What we have in this situation is a historical first. And I mean that in a…


Top Senator Wants ‘Briefing’ on Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) says that the Senate Intelligence Committee, which he chairs, needs to obtain a briefing on the documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. “If some of these documents involved human intelligence, and that information got out, people will die,” Warner claimed in an interview with CBS “Face the Nation” that…


Top Senator Demands ‘Briefing’ on Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that the Senate Intelligence Committee, which he chairs, needs to obtain a briefing on the documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. “If some of these documents involved human intelligence, and that information got out, people will die,” Warner claimed in an interview with “Face the Nation”…


GOP Leader Says Homes of Trump Supporters May Soon Be Raided by FBI

A top former Republican leader and prominent attorney has said that the homes of more supporters of former President Donald Trump may soon be raided by FBI agents—weeks after the unprecedented Aug. 8 raid of Mar-a-Lago. Harmeet Dhillon, who was the vice chairwoman of the California Republican Party, told Fox News that within 24 hours of a…


DOJ and Trump Team Disagree on Special Master Candidates, Scope of Duties in Mar-a-Lago Raid Case

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team and the U.S. Justice Department on Friday each proposed two candidates to serve as a neutral third party—a special master—to review documents the FBI seized when it raided Trump’s Florida residence Mar-a-lago last month. Besides proposing different people for the role, the two sides disagreed over the scope of…