Federal court blocks special master review of seized Trump documents

A federal appeals court on Thursday stopped the review of government documents seized from the home of former President Donald Trump, by a third party.

The unanimous ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, means the so-called special master, U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, will no longer have jurisdiction to review and potentially exclude documents from Justice Department officials and prosecutors.

“This appeal requires us to consider whether the district court had jurisdiction to block the United States from using lawfully seized records in a criminal investigation. The answer is no,” the three-judge panel wrote in its ruling.