Marco Bello | Reuters A federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered him to answer several key questions about his new lawsuit over the FBI raid on his Florida home, including why her court should be this who hears the case and to explain more precisely what he wants. she to do. Judge Aileen Cannon also ordered Trump to tell her how his lawsuit affects another pending case involving the same search warrant before a federal judge in the same court and whether the Justice Department has been served with his lawsuit yet. Cannon also wants to know if Trump is seeking any injunctions on the materials seized in the raid until the lawsuit is resolved. Cannon’s order came a day after Trump filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida asking her to appoint a so-called special master to review documents seized in an Aug. 8 FBI raid on his residence in Mar-a-Lago. in Palm Beach. The judge, whom Trump appointed to that court in 2020, gave him and his lawyers until Friday to respond to her questions. Trump wants to block the Justice Department from reviewing the seized documents until a special master can see them. The step is usually taken when there is a possibility that some information may be withheld from prosecutors due to various legal privileges. The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into documents removed from the White House when Trump left office in January 2021. By law, presidential records must be turned over to the National Archives. A warrant authorizing the FBI’s search and seizure operation at Mar-a-Lago shows the DOJ is investigating possible violations of laws related to espionage and obstruction of justice. Several sets of highly classified documents were seized in the raid. Trump claims the raid was illegal and was motivated by his desire to hurt his chances of regaining the White House if he decides to run again.
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Read more about CNBC’s political coverage: Cannon wrote in her order Tuesday: “The Court grants Plaintiff’s motion for judicial review and additional relief.” “To facilitate an appropriate resolution, on or before August 26, 2022, Plaintiff shall file a supplement to the Motion that further sets forth the following: (1) the asserted basis for the exercise of this Court’s jurisdiction, whether legal, equitable; /abnormal or both; (2) the context applicable to the exercise of that jurisdiction; Cannon wrote. The judge also told the Trump team to specify “the precise relief sought, including any request for injunctive relief pending resolution of the Motion; (4) the outcome, if any, of the proceeding before Judge Bruce E. Reinhart; and ( 5) the status of the Plaintiff’s efforts to perfect the service to the Defendant.” Reinhart signed the warrant authorizing the raid. It is considering media requests to unseal an affidavit filed by the Justice Department that outlined the need for the investigation and the events that led to it. Earlier Tuesday, the National Archives posted online a letter saying classified material was found in boxes Trump turned over to the agency this January. The material, which spans 700 pages, includes material related to top secret, sensitive information and special access programs, the National Archives letter said.
