Category: FBI Raids Trump Resort

FBI Changes Total Number of Documents Seized From Trump’s Estate

The FBI on Sept. 26 changed the total number of documents it said it seized from former President Donald Trump’s estate. Sixty-three additional documents or photographs without classification markings were taken from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort than previously listed by the FBI, according to an updated inventory list. The revised inventory was submitted to the federal…


Special Master Gives Trump a Minor Victory in Documents Case

Former President Donald Trump needs to disclose to a special master the names of lawyers and employees who will get access to documents and materials seized during last month’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, and he does not have to divulge that information to the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, in a protective…


Special Master Agrees to Give Justice Department More Time to Provide Trump Seized Documents

The special master on Sept. 24 approved a request from U.S. officials for more time to provide former President Donald Trump and his counsel the thousands of documents that FBI agents seized from Mar-a-Lago in August. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, a Reagan appointee, is now giving Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…


Special Master Agrees to Give Justice Department More Time to Provide Seized Documents to Trump

The special master on Sept. 24 approved a request from U.S. officials for more time to provide former President Donald Trump and his counsel the thousands of documents that FBI agents seized from Mar-a-Lago in August. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, a Reagan appointee, is now giving Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…


US Intelligence Officials Resume National Security Risk Assessment of Documents Trump Kept at Home

U.S. intelligence officials have resumed a national security risk assessment of potential disclosure of documents former President Donald Trump kept at his home in Florida, a spokesperson with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has confirmed to The Epoch Times. “In consultation with the Department of Justice, ODNI is resuming the classification…


Trump Lawyers Float Proposal for Access to Documents Seized From Mar-a-Lago

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Sept. 23 proposed restrictions on access to documents seized from Mar-a-Lago in August, and penalties for people who break the restrictions if they are put in place. The lawyers proposed to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee overseeing disputes over the documents, that access to the…


Trump Special Master Reveals New Plan After Appeals Court Ruling

The judge designated as the special master in former President Donald Trump’s records case has proposed that a government official swear that the government properly listed items taken from Trump’s home in August. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master, also left open the possibility of recommending the government be ordered to return some…


Judge in Trump Records Case Blocks Special Master From Viewing Materials With Classified Markings

The U.S. judge in charge of disputes over records seized from former President Donald Trump’s home on Sept. 22 blocked the special master she appointed from viewing records with classified markings taken from Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, removed the approximately 100 documents marked classified from her earlier order’s definition of…


Trump Says He Could Declassify Documents ‘By Thinking About It’

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he “did declassify” documents at the center of the FBI raid targeting Mar-a-Lago last month. In an interview with Fox News, the former president said, “Different people say different things but as I understand it, if you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just…


Trump Says He Thinks FBI Agents Took His Will

FBI agents raiding Mar-a-Lago in August might have taken former President Donald Trump’s will, Trump said on Sept. 21. “They took a lot. I think they took my will. I found out yesterday, I said, ‘where is it?’ I think they took my will,” Trump said on Fox News’ “Hannity.” The FBI has referred inquiries…