DOJ Cleared to Use Trump Mar-A-Lago Records in Criminal Probe
- DOJ will regain full access to thousands of seized materials
- Special master review of documents ended by appeals court
A police officer rides past Mar-A-Lago, the home of former President Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Florida on Aug. 9.
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A federal appeals court on Thursday freed the Justice Department to resume using the thousands of documents seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in its criminal investigation following months of legal wrangling with the former president.
Trump appeared to drop the fight over the records, at least for now. His lawyers didn’t immediately challenge a Dec. 1 decision from the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing Trump’s case before the ruling officially took effect.