A US federal judge has dismissed the appeal filed by former US President Donald Trump to challenge government access to materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida.
Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has signed an order dismissing the case for lack of jurisdiction, ending pending hearings and deadlines in the case.
This decision allows the Department of Justice full access to records and objects found among the documents marked as classified in the properties of the former president.
The judge’s order came four days after Trump refused to appeal a ruling by the High Court, which had canceled the appointment of a special expert whose objective would be to review the documents stolen by the FIB, reports CNBC.
With the rulings, the process could be streamlined for investigators to more quickly review the thousands of documents that had previously been blocked from access.
In August, the FBI seized more than 100 allegedly classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Later, a team hired by Trump’s lawyers found more records marked as classified.