Either approach would be a radical reordering of our caselaw limiting the federal courts’ involvement in criminal investigations. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so. We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. It went downhill for Cannon (and Trump) from there, and the opinion ended with an unambiguous spanking: “The law is clear. “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 opinion began. The appeals court did not think the case was even a close call. District Court Judge AILEEN CANNON, who was widely criticized for indulging what legal scholars across the ideological spectrum described as Trump’s specious arguments. The opinion was an embarrassing rebuke of U.S. | Pete Marovich/Pool via Getty Images DRIVING THE DAYĪ MAJOR LEGAL DEFEAT FOR TRUMP - The 11th Circuit delivered a unanimous opinion shutting down the special master review of the documents that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago and dismissing DONALD TRUMP’s civil lawsuit over the matter. Tai, United States Trade Representative, testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on May 12, 2021. Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) asks questions while Katherine C.
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