The filing came before attorneys for Trump and the DOJ were set to appear for a conference with the special master reviewing the seized Mar-a-Lago records.
Lawyers for Donald Trump urged a federal appeals court to reject the Justice Department's request to resume its review of documents marked classified that were seized from the former president's home Mar-a-Lago in an FBI raid.The court filing came hours before attorneys for Trump and the DOJ were set to appear in federal court in Brooklyn to speak with the special master who was appointed to examine the seized records.
The filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit came hours before attorneys for Trump and the DOJ were set to appear in federal court in Brooklyn to speak with the special master who was appointed to examine the seized records. That independent third party, U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, was selected last week by Trump appointee Judge Aileen Cannon to review the materials to identify personal records and information that could be protected by various legal privileges. The DOJ opposed the appointment of a special master, arguing in part that it was unnecessary.