Feds ask Supreme Court to deny Trump request to block review of Mar-a-Lago docs
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Tom Dupree weighs in after a special master was appointed to review the seized Mar-a-Lago documents on "Your World."deny former President Donald Trump’s request to block the DOJ from continuing its review of classified documents seized during the FBI’s unprecedented raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Trump’s legal team asked the Supreme Court to intervene, but the Justice Department in a filing on Tuesday argued that the court of appeals"correctly held that it had appellate jurisdiction to review and stay the portion of the September 5 order that requires the government to turn over the documents bearing classification markings for special-master review.
But Trump's legal team, in their initial filing to the Supreme Court, argued that"the unprecedented circumstances presented by this case—an investigation of the Forty-Fifth President of the United States by the administration of his political rival and successor—compelled the District Court to acknowledge the significant need for enhanced vigilance and to order the appointment of a Special Master to ensure fairness, transparency, and maintenance of the public trust.
"Moreover, any limit on the comprehensive and transparent review of materials seized in the extraordinary raid of a President’s home erodes public confidence in our system of justice," the filing continued.The Justice Department last month, in its 11th Circuit filing, is working to appeal Cannon's decision to appoint a special master altogether, arguing that it is unable to examine records taken from Trump's Florida estate that may constitute as evidence of crimes.
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