As the department decides whether to appeal the ruling on a special master, it is balancing a desire to speedily resolve the inquiry with the need to limit an expansive view of executive power.
Tag: Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Fla)
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‘Deeply Problematic’: Experts Question Judge’s Intervention in Trump Inquiry
A ruling by a judge appointed by former President Donald J. Trump surprised specialists and could slow the documents investigation.
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Judge Grants Trump’s Request for Special Master to Review Mar-a-Lago Documents
The ruling would effectively bar federal prosecutors from using a key piece of evidence as they continue to investigate whether Mr. Trump illegally retained national defense documents at his estate.
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48 Empty Folders Marked Classified Found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
A detailed inventory of items seized in the F.B.I.’s search of Mar-a-Lago raised the question of whether the government had fully recovered the documents or any remained missing.