Former President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the legal case surrounding the documents seized by the FBI from his estate in Florida. An appeals court acted improperly when it blocked part of an order inserting a special master, or independent third party, into the case, Trump said through his…
New Details About Potentially Privileged Documents From Trump Resort Made Public
New details about the documents seized from former President’s Donald Trump were made public on Oct. 3. Among them: the two initial instances of investigators viewing potentially sensitive material. The Department of Justice used what’s called a Privilege Review Team to look over all the materials in Mar-a-Lago in August and separate any materials that…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on DOJ ‘Filter Teams’ Used After FBI Trump Raid
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) can use its so-called “filter teams,” including the one that is being used to review documents seized at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. In the Korf v. United States case, the nine justices declined to hear a writ of certiorari (pdf)…
Trump Fires Back Against DOJ Appeal in Mar-a-Lago Raid Case
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers moved to oppose the Department of Justice’s recent bid to speed up its court appeal of the appointment of a special master. “President Trump also opposes the Government’s request to expedite oral argument in this case,” Trump attorneys Christopher Kise and Jim Trusty wrote in a filing (pdf) on Monday, adding…
Former White House Adviser: No ‘Problems’ in Trump’s Handling of Classified Information
Former Trump administration adviser H.R. McMaster has said that former President Donald Trump did not appear to mishandle classified information during his time there, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues its investigation into the former president. “There were systems in place. I don’t know what happened to those systems, but I was never uncomfortable…
DOJ Seeks to Speed Up Its Appeal of Trump Special Master Appointment
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion requesting a federal appeals court to fast-track its appeal of the appointment of a special master to review documents the FBI seized at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. The DOJ on Friday proposed that the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals orders all…
Trump Doesn’t Have to Say Whether Government’s List of Property Seized From Mar-a-Lago is Accurate: Judge
Former President Donald Trump does not have to say whether the U.S. government’s list of property seized from Trump’s Florida estate is accurate, a U.S. judge ruled on Sept. 29. An FBI official provided an updated list to the court on Monday, adhering to an order from U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, who is serving…
FBI Agents Improperly Saw Privileged Trump Communications: Lawyers
The FBI team that seized documents from former president Donald Trump’s resort improperly viewed communications between Trump and an attorney, violating attorney-client privilege for a third time, lawyers for Trump said in a new filing. The filter process set up by the government to try to prevent FBI agents from viewing privileged materials has already…
Department of Justice Seeks Another Delay in Turning Over Documents From Mar-a-Lago to Trump
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers are seeking another delay in allowing lawyers for former President Donald Trump to peruse documents seized in August from Trump’s Florida estate. The DOJ was supposed to provide electronic copies of the documents to Trump attorneys and U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master in the case, no…
DOJ Seeks Another Delay in Turning Over Documents From Mar-a-Lago to Trump
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers are seeking another delay in allowing lawyers for Donald Trump to peruse documents that were seized in August from the former president’s Florida estate. The DOJ was supposed to provide electronic copies of the documents to Trump’s attorneys and U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master in the…
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