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CNN reports:
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.
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The appeals court panel made clear it viewed Cannon as taking unusual steps to aid Trump by offering her own reasoning even in ways Trump himself hadn’t argued. https://t.co/74TgDgvyPM pic.twitter.com/Oyw8o9JIUW
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 1, 2022
Months later, after Trump has already received the benefit of delays he sought, a higher court belatedly rules that his appointee shouldn’t have intervened in his favor.
This is not justice. It is the system working to benefit powerful people’s interests in obstruction. https://t.co/P5tnwSfjhs
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 1, 2022
A panel of judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled to overturn the appointment of a special master tasked with reviewing thousands of documents seized by the FBI from former Pres. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate this summer. https://t.co/8WkqjmJ7SM
— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2022