Appeals Court Tears Apart Special Master Review Of Seized Mar-a-Lago Documents

RIGHT NOW. With great rates TONIGHT, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. WE ALL HEARD IT AS A CHILD, IF YOU HAVE YOUNG ONES LIKE I DO. I BET YOU’VE EVEN SAID IT TO YOUR CHILD TODAY. QUOTE, THE ANSWER IS NO. AND THE ANSWER IS NO TO MR. DONALD J TRUMP. HERE IT IS THE QUOTE. 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 NOW. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, IN THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE

CURIOUS CASE OF THE MISSING 13,000 GOVERNMENT RECORDS THAT WERE FOUND SQUIRRELS AWAY AT THE FORMER PRESIDENTS BEACH CLUB IN FLORIDA. TONIGHT, THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS THROWN OUT THE SPECIAL MASTER THAT TRUMP FOUGHT FOR. AND HE WAS PUT IN PLACE BY A TRUMP APPOINTED JUDGE. THAT JUDGE, AILEEN KHANNA OF FLORIDA, TOOK TRUMP SIDE AND APPOINTED A THIRD PARTY ARBITER, OUR REFEREE IF YOU WELL. TO SIFT THROUGH THE THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANY OF THEM CLASSIFIED. THE FBI SEIZED FROM MAR-A-LAGO IN AUGUST. THE PROBLEM WITH APPOINTING A SPECIAL MASTER HERE, THE GOVERNMENT ARGUED THAT

IT HINDERED THEIR ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ESSENTIALLY THEY SAID, WE NEED THOSE DOCUMENTS. THIS IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, AND A LOT OF LEGAL EXPERTS SAW THIS WHOLE

SPECIAL MASTER GAMBIT AS IF A FORMER TRUMP — STRATEGY TO SLOW WALK THE INVESTIGATION. INCLUDING MOST LIKELY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH APPEALED THE APPOINTMENT OF THAT SPECIAL MASTER. TONIGHT, TONIGHT, THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL AND ATLANTA AS EFFECTIVELY SAID, SORRY, YOU ARE NOW OUT OF LUCK. THE JUDGES SAID TRUMP’S ARGUMENT AS TO WHETHER TRUST OR — WERE QUOTE, A SIDESHOW. THAT’S ACTUALLY IN THE FILING. THEY DID

NOT STOP THERE. THEY SET ON NO UNCERTAIN TERMS ABOUT TRUMP’S ARGUMENTS QUOTE, THE GOVERNMENT DISAGREES WITH EACH CONTENTION. NOW TONIGHT’S ORDER IS — RULING WHICH MEANS IT’S ATTRIBUTED TO ALL THREE JUDGES ON THE PANEL. NO SINGLE JUDGE AUTHORED AT. IT’S A SHOWING OF SOLIDARITY, THAT’S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THOSE THREE JUDGES THEY WERE ALL NOMINATED BY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS. TWO OF THEM, OR NOMINATE BY TRUMP HIMSELF. LET ME TELL YOU, THOSE JUDGES DID NOT HOLD BACK. IN CONSIDERING THESE ARGUMENTS, WE’RE FACED WITH A CHOICE. APPLY OUR USUAL TEST, DRASTICALLY EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EQUITABLE JURISDICTION FOR EVERY SUBJECT

OF A SEARCH WARRANT. OR CARVE OUT AN UNPRECEDENTED EXCEPTION AND OUR — FORMER PRESIDENT. WE CHOSE THE FIRST OPTION. SO THE CASE MUST BE DISMISSED. IT REALLY DOESN’T GET MUCH SIMPLER THAN THAT, THERE WAS THREE OPTIONS. ONE WAS SANE, THE OTHER TWO ARE INSANE. WE CHOSE THE SAY IN ONE. WHICH SHUTS THIS WHOLE THING DOWN. THE RULING CONTINUES. THE LAW IS CLEAR. WE CANNOT WRITE A RULE THAT ALLOWS ANY SUBJECT OF A SEARCH WARRANT TO BLOCK GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION AFTER THE EXECUTION OF ALL THE WARRANT. NOR CAN WE WRITE A RULE, THAT ALLOWS ONLY FORMER PRESIDENTS

TO DO SO. EITHER APPROACH WOULD BE A RADICAL REORDERING OF OUR CASE LAW LIMITING THE FEDERAL COURTS INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. AND BOTH, WOULD VIOLATE BEDROCK SEPARATION OF POWER LIMITATIONS. ACCORDINGLY, WE AGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE DISMISSAL OF THE ENTIRE PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED. FULL STOP. NOW, WITH THIS EVENING’S RULING, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THEORETICALLY IF TRUMP DOESN’T APPEAL THAT. AS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAN RESUME ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WITH ACCESS TO THOSE THOUSANDS OF DECLASSIFY — AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK. BUT EVEN HAVING THOSE DOCUMENTS HELD UP BY THE SPECIAL MASTER, HASN’T STOPPED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND

THE NEWLY APPOINTED SPECIAL COUNSEL. FROM CONTINUING ITS INVESTIGATION. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING TODAY, TODAY’S DECISION FROM THE 11TH CIRCUIT COMES ON A BUSY AND VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH. THE DECISION, CAME ON THE SAME DAY THAT QUOTE — APPEARED BEFORE A GRAND JURY IN WASHINGTON. THAT’S INVESTIGATING MR. TRUMP’S HANDLING OF THE DOCUMENTS ACCORDING TO TWO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. THOSE AIDES, INCLUDING DAD SCAVINO, TRUMP’S FORMER SOCIAL MEDIA GREW, AND WILLIAM RUSSELL AND WILLIAM HARRISON. WHO WORKED FOR TRUMP WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IN RECENT WEEKS, SEVERAL WITNESSES CONNECTED

TO THAT INVESTIGATION HAVE APPEARED IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT AND WATCHING THEM. AND PC NEWS HAS NOT CONFIRMED THAT STOP THE PRESS INFORMATION. IF THIS REPORTING BEARS OUT, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IN THE MAR-A-LAGO TRUMP DOCUMENTS CASE, IS RAMPING UP.