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October 14, 2022

Supreme Court Rejects Trump Appeal over Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago
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The Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Donald Trump's lawyers to derail
a federal criminal probe into whether Trump violated the Espionage Act
and presidential records laws - and whether he obstructed justice to
cover up those crimes. On Thursday, justices refused to take up a
challenge by Trump's lawyers to a lower court ruling allowing the
Justice Department to use records marked as "classified" in its
investigation into documents held by Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in
Florida. This week reports emerged that a Trump aide told the FBI he was
ordered to move boxes of documents out of a basement storage area, into
Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago. The FBI reportedly has surveillance
footage showing the boxes being transferred.


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