A criminal investigation into the presence of top-secret information at Trump’s Florida home has “spiraled out of control,” his lawyers said in urging a judge to leave in place a directive that temporarily halted core aspects of the Justice Dept.’s probe.
Associated Press and Justin TasolidesPUBLISHED 10:48 AM EDT Sep. 12, 2022A criminal investigation into the presence of top-secret information at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home has “spiraled out of control,” his lawyers said Monday in urging a judge to leave in place a directive that temporarily halted core aspects of the Justice Department’s probe.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon last week granted the Trump team’s request for the appointment of an independent arbiter to review records seized during an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago last month, and prohibited for now the department from examining the documents for investigative purposes. Trump's attorneys asserted in their filing that claims "of 'irreparable harm' to the Government 'and the public'" are "exaggerated," and called Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate "a secure, controlled access compound utilized regularly to conduct the official business of the United States during the Trump Presidency, which to this day is monitored by the United States Secret Service.