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Showing Original Post only (View all)Appeals panel says judge erred in blocking DOJ probe of Mar-a-Lago documents [View all]
This makes me smile. Judge Cannon's opinion was dreck and the briefs filed by TFG and the Texas AG were so bad that these filings were funny
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/21/donald-trump-special-master-00058176
A three-judge appeals court panel has granted the Justice Departments request to block aspects of U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannons ruling that enjoined a criminal investigation into highly sensitive documents seized from former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago estate.
The panel ruled that Cannon erred when she prevented federal prosecutors from using the 100 documents marked as classified recovered from Trumps estate as part of a criminal inquiry.
[Trump] has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents, the panel ruled in a 29-page decision. Nor has he established that the current administration has waived that requirement for these documents.
Two of the three judges on the panel, Andrew Brasher and Britt Grant, were appointed to the court by Trump. The third, Robin Rosenbaum, was appointed by President Barack Obama. In the unanimous decision, the judges declared it self-evident that the public interest favored allowing the Justice Department to determine whether any of the records were improperly disclosed, risking national security damage.
The panel ruled that Cannon erred when she prevented federal prosecutors from using the 100 documents marked as classified recovered from Trumps estate as part of a criminal inquiry.
[Trump] has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents, the panel ruled in a 29-page decision. Nor has he established that the current administration has waived that requirement for these documents.
Two of the three judges on the panel, Andrew Brasher and Britt Grant, were appointed to the court by Trump. The third, Robin Rosenbaum, was appointed by President Barack Obama. In the unanimous decision, the judges declared it self-evident that the public interest favored allowing the Justice Department to determine whether any of the records were improperly disclosed, risking national security damage.
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Appeals panel says judge erred in blocking DOJ probe of Mar-a-Lago documents [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2022
OP
The very personification of the kind of 3rd world-style judiciary Repugs are trying to import
peppertree
Sep 2022
#33
Unless a Trumpist is elected president and the GOP gets a majority in the Senate.
Martin68
Sep 2022
#39
I suspect the real goal of the judge was to delay the investigation so as to aid her political party
cstanleytech
Sep 2022
#40