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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 6 sepTember 2022
Judge grants Trump bid for special master in document search

By ERIC TUCKER returned to Trump.
Associated Press In this case, the seized re-
WASHINGTON (AP) — In cords “include medical
a legal victory for former documents, correspon-
President Donald Trump, a dence related to taxes,
federal judge on Monday and accounting informa-
granted his request for a tion,” according to the
special master to review judge’s order.
documents seized by the The judge said it was too
FBI from his Florida home soon to know whether
and also temporarily halted Trump will be entitled to
the Justice Department’s the return of any of the
own use of the records for records, but “for now, the
investigative purposes. circumstances surround-
The decision by U.S. Dis- ing the seizure in this case
trict Judge Aileen Can- and the associated need
non authorizes an outside for adequate procedural
legal expert to review the safeguards are sufficiently
records taken during the compelling to at least get
Aug. 8 search and to weed Plaintiff past the court-
out from the rest of the in- house doors.”
vestigation any that might Though Cannon did not or-
be protected by claims of Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre der the Justice Department
attorney-client privilege or Township, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. to immediately return any
executive privilege. Some Justice Department may the decision will have a sig- spokesman Anthony Coley of the seized documents to
of those records may ul- not for the moment use nificant effect on long-term said Monday that “the Unit- Trump, she said she found
timately be returned to any of the seized materials investigative or charging ed States is examining the persuasive his lawyers’ ar-
Trump, but the judge put as part of its investigation decisions or the ultimate opinion and will consider guments that he faced po-
off a ruling on that ques- into the storage of govern- outcome of the probe. A appropriate next steps in tentially “irreparable injury”
tion. ment secrets at the Florida separate assessment by the ongoing litigation.” A by being denied access to
The order came despite the property. That injunction the U.S. intelligence com- lawyer for Trump did not records that might be of
strenuous objections of the is in place until the yet-to- munity of the risk posed by immediately respond to a significant personal interest
Justice Department, which be-named special master the apparent mishandling request for comment. to him.
said a special master was completes his or her work, of classified records will The department and She said the investigative
not necessary in part be- “or further court order.” continue under the judge’s Trump’s lawyers are to sub- process had, so far, been
cause officials had already “The Court is mindful that order. mit by Friday a list of pro- “closed off” to him.
completed their review of restraints on criminal pros- “While this is a victory for posed special master can- “As a function of Plaintiff’s
potentially privileged doc- ecutions are disfavored, the former President, it is by didates. former position as President
uments. The department but finds that these unprec- no means an overwhelm- Trump’s lawyers had ar- of the United States, the
said it was reviewing the edented circumstances ing win for him,” David gued that a special master stigma associated with the
decision. call for a brief pause to al- Weinstein, a Florida criminal — usually an outside lawyer subject seizure is in a league
The order almost certainly low for neutral, third-party defense lawyer and former or former judge — was nec- of its own,” Cannon wrote.
slows the pace of the de- review to ensure a just pro- Justice Department pros- essary to ensure an inde- “A future indictment, based
partment’s investigation cess with adequate safe- ecutor, said in an email. pendent review of records to any degree on property
into the presence of top-se- guards,” Cannon, a Trump “While it is a setback for the taken during the search that ought to be returned,
cret information at Mar-a- appointee, wrote in her 24- government, it is also not a and so that any personal would result in reputational
Lago, particularly given the page order. devastating loss for them.” information or documents harm of a decidedly differ-
judge’s directive that the Even so, it is not clear that Justice Department could be filtered out and ent order of magnitude.”q

2nd web-hosting provider drops

harassment site Kiwi Farms

By The Associated Press to do so. The company said der Twitch streamer Clara
NEW YORK (AP) — Web- it acted this time, however, Sorrenti launched an online
hosting provider DDoS- after receiving “multiple” campaign against the site.
Guard said Monday that it complaints. Cloudfare CEO Matthew
had stopped providing its “Having analyzed the con- Prince said he was troubled
services to Kiwi Farms, be- tent of the site, we decided by the decision, but that
coming the second pro- on the termination of DDoS escalating targeted threats Lava lamps are seen through a lobby window at the headquarters
vider in two days to aban- protection services” for a on the site created an “im- of Cloudflare in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
don the stalking and ha- version of the Kiwi Farms mediate threat to human Associated Press
rassment site and leaving it site with a Russian .ru do- life” that his company had color. final update on the cam-
inaccessible on the public main name, the company never seen. Sorrenti, who goes by “Kef- paign against Kiwi Farms.
internet. said. The .ru site had been The site was created and fals” online, fled her home “We won,” she said.
DDoS-Guard said it doesn’t running intermittently after operated by Joshua Con- in Canada last month, only It was unclear whether
have to decide whether Cloudfare cut off services. ner Moon, 29, and became to have online stalkers find Wiki Farms would try to find
sites violate laws, and it Kiwi Farms was previously a forum for harassment of her in Northern Ireland and another service provider
normally only restricts ac- cut off from services by social media figures, espe- step up their harassment. or whether its users might
cess to a site in cases such Cloudfare. Both firms acted cially transgender people, On Monday, Sorrenti tweet- begin gathering on a new
as receiving a court order after Canadian transgen- feminists and people of ed that she would have a forum.q