Trump loses bid over seized documents
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Former president Donald Trump faces a federal criminal investigation into his retention of sensitive government records after leaving office in January 2021. Photo: Reuters
A US appeals court has dealt a blow to Donald Trump, reversing a judge's appointment of an independent arbiter to vet documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and allowing all of the records to be used in a criminal investigation of the former president.