16-09-2022, 10:09
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Re: FBI searches former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate
BREAKING: U.S District Judge denies Department of Justice request for stay in investigation of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago docs
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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday denied the Department of Justice's request for a partial stay of her ruling that limited the government's investigation of how Donald Trump handled sensitive material at his Mar-a-Lago estate, pending a third-party review of what agents found at Trump's home.
Cannon, in issuing her order, said that she was not willing to accept the government's assertions that roughly 100 documents taken from Mar-a-Lago were classified -- even though they were labeled as such, with some bearing "SECRET" and "TOP SECRET/SCI" markings.
Cannon appointed Raymond Dearie, senior district judge for the Eastern District of New York, as special master to help her resolve the matter. (Earlier this week, the DOJ wrote in court papers that it did not object to to Dearie, who was suggested by Trump's legal team.)
"The Court does not find it appropriate to accept the Government’s conclusions on these important and disputed issues without further review by a neutral third party in an expedited and orderly fashion," Cannon wrote in her order.
She approached with heavy skepticism the DOJ's arguments about the documents with classified markings and the government’s claims that Trump has no right to the materials at all.
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judg...ry?id=89966326
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