The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to let it resume reviewing classified materials seized from Donald Trump\u0027s home.
In the filing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the Justice Department said the circuit court should halt part of the lower court decision that prevents prosecutors from relying on the classified documents in their criminal investigation into the retention of government records at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach after his presidency ended.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.
The government’s motion comes after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected the same requests from the Justice Department. If Cannon’s ruling stands, experts said, it would likely stall the Justice Department investigation involving the government records. The department is also looking into possible obstruction of the probe after it found evidence that records may have been removed or concealed from the FBI when it sent agents to Mar-a-Lago in June to try to recover all classified documents through a grand jury subpoena.