Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review

FILE - Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. A federal appeals court has halted an independent review of documents seized from the estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top secret government information. A federal appeals court has halted an independent review of documents seized from the estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top secret government information. And the appeals court decision is likely to speed the investigation along by cutting short the outside review of the records. A federal appeals panel sided with prosecutors in September , permitting the Justice Department to resume its review of the documents with classification markings.