The government has urged the appeals court to terminate the special master requirement.
to terminate the special master requirement, saying it is hindering its investigation into Trump's handling of classified records.
Sopan Joshi, assistant to U.S. Solicitor General, asked the court to reverse the "extraordinary judicial intrusion." Lawyers for Trump argued for the continued use of a special master. James Trusty, an attorney for Trump, said that the court should begin with a "broader premise." "There's not a situation in the history of this country where a sitting president authorized a raid of a presidential candidate's home," Trusty said.
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