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News Articles: mar-a-lago documents

Exterior view of Mar-A-Lago on July 14, 2024 in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Law

Court drops remaining classified documents appeal against Trump's aides

DOJ had already dropped the case against Trump. Now a federal appeals court has formally dismissed the remainder of that case against Trump's valet Walt Nauta and property manager Carlos De Oliveira.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A federal judge, appointed by Donald Trump when he was president, has delayed the start of the Mar-a-Lago classified documents trial.

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  • Law

Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case is delayed indefinitely by judge

The classified documents trial had been scheduled to begin May 20. But months of delays had slowed the case as prosecutors pushed for the trial to begin before the November presidential election

May 07, 2024
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By:
  • Russell Lewis
Former President Donald Trump asked that the Mar-a-Lago classified documents trial be thrown out, citing the Presidential Records Act. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon denied the motion and said the case will proceed.

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  • Law

Judge rules Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case can proceed

The former president's lawyers cited the Presidential Records Act in asking that the government's case be dismissed. Judge Aileen Cannon denied the motion — clearing the way for it to proceed.

April 05, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Former President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he leaves federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Fla., on Thursday.

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  • Law

Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against Trump in documents case

Former President Donald Trump was in court in Florida where he's seeking dismissal of criminal charges related to classified documents he allegedly withheld and concealed from investigators.

March 14, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
Former President Donald Trump, aide Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira face some 40 criminal counts over classified documents found at Trump's Florida residence and club.

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  • Law

Trump's trial over classified documents in Florida could start as soon as this summer

In a hearing before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, prosecutors said they want the trial to begin in July. Trump's lawyers want to postpone it until next year, after the presidential election.

March 01, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
Walt Nauta (left), an aide to former President Donald Trump, arrives with defense attorney Stanley Woodward for a July hearing in federal court in Fort Pierce, Fla.

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  • Law

Judge says Trump aide can keep his lawyer in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Stanley Woodward represents aide Walt Nauta and once represented another Trump employee who is now cooperating with the government. Federal prosecutors had argued there was a conflict of interest.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen

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  • Politics

Trump charged with additional counts in Mar-a-Lago documents case

A new defendant was also added the indictment against Trump and his aide Walt Nauta. Carlos de Oliveira was added to the obstruction conspiracy charged in the original indictment.

July 28, 2023
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  • Carrie Johnson
Former President Donald Trump appearing at the Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 15, 2022.

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  • Law

The judge assigned to oversee Trump's criminal case was appointed by Trump himself

Judge Aileen Cannon was appointed to the bench by Trump in 2020. She ruled in favor of Trump's request to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI in Florida last summer.

June 09, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25.

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  • Law

Trump indicted in case of alleged mishandling of government secrets

The former president has been indicted on seven counts, including willful retention of information related to national defense and at least one false statements charge, a source tells NPR.

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Former President Donald Trump is requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case concerning classified documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago home over the summer.

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  • Law

Trump asks the Supreme Court to resolve Mar-a-Lago document dispute

Trump's legal team argued that the lower court lacked the authority to grant an appeal, which allowed the Justice Department to continue its investigation without supervision from a special master.

October 04, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
A courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie in New York in January 2013.

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  • Politics

What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master

Dearie, 78, a former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York, was one of the special master candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.

September 16, 2022
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  • Jasper Ruppert
President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, pictured in Palm Beach, Fla., in 2018.

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  • Law

Trump and the Justice Department have submitted picks for a special master. Now what?

The sides disagree on whether there should be a special master at all, and how the document review actually should work. Former U.S. attorney Chuck Rosenberg discusses their possible considerations.

September 12, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman

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