A federal appeals court on Thursday has put a stop to a special master’s external review of the thousands of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The ruling comes after a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit heard from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Trump’s lawyers on Nov….

A legal battle will get underway in a federal appeals court on Tuesday. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to argue against a September order appointing an outside special master to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Such an appointment is, in effect, keeping those records out of investigators’ hands…

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…

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…

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…

Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master appointed to review the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago, held his first public hearing on Sept. 20. Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands, as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are still recovering. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…

Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master appointed to review the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago, held his first public hearing on Sept. 20. Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands, as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are still recovering. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…

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…

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…

U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie will serve as the independent arbiter to review documents that were taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, according to a federal judge’s order on Thursday. Dearie, 79, was the only candidate for the special master role that both Trump’s team and the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed on….