On Tuesday attorneys for former President, Donald Trump requested the US Supreme Court step into the dispute with the Justice Department. In August, thousands of items including 100 classified records were taken from Trump’s Mar-a-Largo residence in an FBI raid.
In a 296-page filing, the 45th president’s attorneys request the justices to stay an order from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that removed approximately 100 classified documents from the special master’s review.
And allowed the DOJ to continue using documents marked as classified in the criminal investigation of whether Trump violated federal law relating to custody of government records.
DOJ efforts had been stayed by a ruling of Judge Cannon pending the Special Master review.
The DOJ took the case to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to request they continue a review of classified materials seized from Mar-a-Lago. The DOJ is claiming that any delays create a national security emergency.
U.S. Supreme court filing
The Trump team filed an “Application to Vacate the Eleventh Circuit’s Stay of and an Order issued by the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Florida.”
