zoetillman
NEW: Donald Trump came up against a panel of skeptical federal appeals judges who threw cold water on the legal grounds for the special master reviewing the seized Mar-a-Lago docs and the injunction blocking the feds from using those docs in the meantime
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-22/donald-trump-faces-skeptical-appeals-court-in-mar-a-lago-document-fight-with-doj
Trump Faces Skeptical Appeals Court in Mar-a-Lago Document Fight With DOJ

Donald Trump’s lawyer faced a panel of skeptical federal appellate judges who questioned the legal grounds for a special master reviewing documents seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home and an order blocking prosecutors from using those materials in the meantime.

Bloomberg
Nov 22, 2022 at 10:05pmMastodon Twitter Crossposter
Show threadzoetillmanNov 22, 2022

"If you can’t establish that, then what are we doing here?"

In Trump docs fight, 11th Circuit judges questioned the lack of precedent for a court intervening in a federal criminal probe pre-indictment absent a showing the seizure was illegal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-22/donald-trump-faces-skeptical-appeals-court-in-mar-a-lago-document-fight-with-doj

Trump Faces Skeptical Appeals Court in Mar-a-Lago Document Fight With DOJ

Donald Trump’s lawyer faced a panel of skeptical federal appellate judges who questioned the legal grounds for a special master reviewing documents seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home and an order blocking prosecutors from using those materials in the meantime.

Bloomberg
Show threadtibbi ✨Nov 22, 2022
@zoetillman I can answer that question. Delaying tactics.
Show threadKeithHiggsNov 23, 2022
@zoetillman at this point showing that the seizure in service of a warrant was illegal is an incredibly high bar.