Posted on 12/01/2022 3:01:01 PM PST by semimojo
In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The ruling removes a major obstacle to the Justice Department’s investigation into the mishandling of government records from Trump’s time in the White House.
In a ruling on Thursday, the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s order appointing a so-called special master to sort through thousands of documents found at Trump’s home to determine what should be off limits to investigators.
“The law is clear,” the appeals court wrote. “We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Normally, someone would not be able to see the affidavit until after indictment.
Stay of execution pending appeal to SCOTUS.
Starting with the Clintons and then on to the obamas. I saw a documentary on LBJ years ago and the guy being interviewed said that when they flew him back to TX after his presidency, he took everything that wasn’t nailed down (in the plane). Democrats are vile, putrid, rotten to the core grifters.
Read closely:
In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. The ruling removes a major obstacle to the Justice Department’s mishandling of government records from Trump’s time in the White House
Your statement about LBJ may very well be true, but the Presidential Records Act was not passed until the late 1970s.
Judge Cannon isnâÂÂt called the dumbest judge in Florida for no reason! Another total rebuke!
No - that’s not the argument.
The reason for the appointment of the special observer was that the FBI took far more than they were allowed to under the warrant and the observer was filtering things out that they were not supposed to take.
These judges just ruled that id didn’t matter what the warrant said, the government could take whatever they want because “there’s no law saying otherwise” (y’know, except for the fact that the warrant limited what they could search and take)
That’s an outright violation of the 4th amendment and it would apply to drug dealers and white collar criminals too.
U.S. immigration “law is clear” but nobody is enforcing it.
This ruling will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Without that special master I suspect that some extra documents can be inserted into the “investigation.”
An argument any criminal could make, but I listened to the argument in front of the 11th and Trump's lawyers didn't make that claim.
Besides, if a court says law enforcement took too much the remedy is to exclude that evidence at trial - not to stop the investigation until some third party can review what was seized.
The DOJ has provided a complete list of seized items.
Although I refuse to click anything CNN to read the court’s decision, I assume from the quote in the excerpt that the judges did the exact opposite of “legislating from the bench.” Indeed, while the federal rules of civil procedure provide for the appointment os a special master, there is no such provision in the federal rules of criminal procedure.
The text of the ruling:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23323310-221201-11th-c-vacate
I hate clicking on CNN too.
Thanks. I read the decision and will summarize later. The ccourt most definately did not legislate from the bench. Just the opposite.
And they should challenge that - using the past decision with regard to WJKlintoon and his papers. The decision is very clear. Then sue the individuals at doj and the fibbies that pushed this through. As well as the ‘judge’ who was ‘picked’ to approve the warrant while the regular judge was out.
Thanks. I read the decision and will summarize later. The ccourt most definately did not legislate from the bench. Just the opposite.
There are so many lawsuits going around, but I think in this case, the Master, think his name is Dearie, refused to meet with President Trump AND the DOJ lawyers.
Didn’t read all the details, but I was surprised to read that.
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