A federal appeals court reversed a judge's decision to appoint a special watchdog to review documents seized by the FBI from the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump.
The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit had to consider whether the district court had the power to block the use of seized records in a criminal investigation.
The answer is no. The judges on the panel were appointed by Republicans. The chief judge was appointed by George W. Bush.
The Department of Justice appealed the appointment of a special master in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Cannon was appointed to the bench by the president.
Cannon's appointment of the special master, which Trump wanted, delayed the department from using the seized documents until they were cleared, according to the DOJ.
The Department of Justice is looking into Trump's removal of government documents from the White House and their shipment to his Mar-a-Lago club. The documents are owned by the government.
There was probable cause that FBI agents would find evidence of a crime when they raided Mar-a-Lago in August.
Cannon was wrong to allow an outside party to delay the DOJ investigation.
It is clear. The panel wrote that they can't write a rule that would allow any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the warrant is executed.
The panel couldn't write a rule that allowed only former presidents to do it.
Both approaches would limit the involvement of the federal courts in criminal investigations. Both would violate the limits of the separation of powers. We agree with the government that the district court's jurisdiction was improper and that the entire proceeding should be dismissed.
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