May 17, 2023
Timothy C. Parlatore, an attorney who defended former President Donald Trump in two ongoing federal investigations led by U.S. special counsel Jack Smith, confirmed Wednesday that he was leaving the Trump legal team.
December 08, 2022
A special master will no longer review documents taken from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of the federal government's probe into the former president, with the Eleventh Circuit's order undoing the appointment taking effect Thursday without an appeal from Trump.
December 01, 2022
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday dismissed former President Donald Trump's bid for a special master to review documents the U.S. Department of Justice seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, finding that the district court judge who had granted Trump's request lacked jurisdiction to do so.
December 01, 2022
Several news publishers and TV stations have asked a Florida federal court for access to the search warrant affidavit that gave the FBI probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago in August, arguing that if former President Donald Trump gets to have it, the press and the public should see it, too.
November 14, 2022
Former President Donald Trump told the special master overseeing the review of materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate that he had designated the documents as personal records when he packed them at the White House, and that his decision is entitled to deference, according to a filing unsealed Monday.
October 21, 2022
Former President Donald Trump shot back at the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday evening, saying the government had misrepresented the disputes over a set of documents to the special master reviewing the documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
October 20, 2022
Former President Donald Trump is claiming that six documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort that relate to clemency requests are personal documents and not presidential records, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed in a New York federal court filing Thursday.
October 18, 2022
The special master reviewing thousands of documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort expressed frustration at a status conference Tuesday over seemingly contradictory assertions by the former president and discord over basic facts as he prepares to issue his report.
September 29, 2022
A Florida federal judge on Thursday partially rejected a plan by a court-appointed special master regarding documents seized in the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, ruling Trump isn't required to provide a sworn statement verifying the list of items taken.
September 22, 2022
The court-appointed special master overseeing the review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate ordered Trump on Thursday to back up claims he has made outside court that the FBI planted evidence at the property during the search.