Politics Sep 13 Justice Department approves 1 Trump pick for Mar-a-Lago arbiter The accommodation could help accelerate the selection process and shorten any delays caused by the appointment of the so-called special master.
Politics Sep 12 Trump lawyers urge judge to continue pause on Justice Department probe of documents Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say a criminal investigation into the presence of top-secret information has "spiraled out of control.
Politics Sep 10 Justice Department, Trump team propose special master candidates for document review The Justice Department and Donald Trump’s legal team each proposed candidates Friday for the role of an independent arbiter in the investigation into top-secret documents found at the former president's Florida home, but the two sides differed on the scope…
Politics Sep 09 Judge tosses Donald Trump’s Russia probe lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, FBI U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks said in a sharply worded ruling on Thursday that Trump's lawsuit, filed in March, contained "glaring structural deficiencies" and that many of the "characterizations of events are implausible."…
Politics Sep 08 Justice Department appeals judge’s decision to grant ‘special master’ to review records seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago The Justice Department is preparing to appeal a judge's decision to name an independent arbiter to review records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
Nation Sep 05 Read the judge’s full ruling for special master to review Trump documents The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the objections of the Justice Department, which said an outside legal expert was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents.
Nation Sep 05 Judge grants Trump bid for special master to review documents in Mar-a-Lago case A federal judge has granted a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Florida home last month.
Nation Sep 02 Read the full list of what the FBI seized in Mar-a-Lago search The inventory reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes taken from Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search.
Politics Sep 01 Judge to hear arguments on Trump request for outside expert on documents A federal judge in Florida is set to hear arguments Thursday afternoon on whether to appoint an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI last month in a search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home.
Politics Aug 31 Justice Department says classified documents were ‘likely concealed’ to obstruct investigation The Justice Department says classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records.