US court rules against Trump in documents case

Court of Appeal reversed independent reviewer role; This gives the DoJ access to all seized material

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit America Thursday (Dec. 1, 2022) decision to terminate the work of the independent reviewer who examined the documents seized from the former president’s home Donald Trump At Mar-a-Lago. The result fulfills the request DoJ (Judicial Dept America🇧🇷

The reviewer was empowered to determine whether any documents from the DoJ should be withheld from the investigation against the Republican party. Now, the agency has access to all the seized items.

The reviewer appointment was made in September by U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon. According to ReutersJudges at the Court of Appeal understood that she had no authority for that decision.

According to the judges, the search warrant for the former president’s property “unusual“, the document does not confer judicial license “Interferes with an ongoing investigation🇧🇷

The justices further declared that Trump had not proved that there wasGross disrespect” their constitutional rights when their property is searched. This is one of the few reasons why a court can interfere in a trial.

The panel that reviewed the case included former Republican President George W. Bush appointee Judge William Pryor and 2 Trump appointees: Judges Andrew Presser and Britt Grant.

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Upon leaving the government, Trump must have left behind documents related to his tenure. But it drove some people out of the White House. In May, the FBI 🇧🇷Federal Bureau of Investigation) examined 15 boxes of documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago. The agency found 184 classified documents in that initial batch.

That same month, Republican lawyers were called to return all materials marked classified that had not yet been released by the former president. On June 3, the Trump team submitted 38 documents to the FBI, 17 of which were designated top secret.

But, according to the Justice Department, one of Trump’s attorneys at the time of the delivery “Because government agents were expressly prohibited from opening or viewing the boxes left in the warehouse, the government had no opportunity to confirm that there were no documents marked secret.🇧🇷

In early August, the FBI served a search warrant at Trump’s Florida home. The action order revealed that The former president is on trial for obstruction of justice and a potential violation of the Espionage Act.

At home, agents Seek official US government documents🇧🇷 Among the records seized were 48 blank folders labeled confidential and 42 indicating that they were to be returned to the Secretary of the General Staff or a military adviser. More than 100 documents from the former president’s possession have been recovered.

“Government documents may have been removed and hidden“In storage at Mar-a-Lago, after the agency sent a subpoena to Trump’s office — which led to prosecutors’ conclusion”Attempts may have been made to obstruct the government investigation🇧🇷

According to Trump’s lawyers, the White House documents were expected to remain at his Florida home because of the nature of the position the Republican held.

The defense argued that the meaning “It was in a safe place” and that the former president’s properties should not have been raided.

On September 5, a federal judge Eileen Cannon He accepted the request of the former president AIndependent arbitrator” to review materials The FBI seized that. Now that decision has been reversed.