Appeals Court Endorses Trump Mar-a-Lago Docs’ Special Master’s Review

• A court of appeals ruled that Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents should be stopped by the Special Master.
• Trump was able to get lower courts to appoint a Special Masters, delaying federal investigation.
• The Special Master was assigned to review thousands upon thousands of classified documents that the former President kept.

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the claim. special master Raymond DearieMust stop looking at documents that Donald Trump had stored at his Mar-a-Lago estate. This is a huge win for the Justice Department.

Thursday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the decision to appoint a special masterA third party to review documents. Trump succeeded in pushing forIn lower courts, delay DOJ’s criminal investigations for months.

“We are faced with a choice when considering these arguments: either apply our usual test, dramatically expand the availability equitable jurisdiction for all subjects of a search warrant, or carve out a unique exception in our law to protect former presidents,” wrote the judges. “We chose to go with the first option. This case must be dismissed.

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