Washington: The Justice Department on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to take action against former President Donald Trump. last week request To reconsider the part of the appeals court’s decision that allowed the Fed to exclude classified documents obtained from Mar-a-Lago from outside expert review.
In its 32-page filing, the DOJ argued that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to withhold the documents “would not cause any meaningful harm” to Trump. From the investigation of Brooklyn Federal Judge Raymond DearyIn the case the so-called “special master”.
“Most important, [Trump] Solicitor General Elizabeth Preloger wrote in the filing, not even an attempt to explain, how she is irreparably wounded by the partial stay of the appeal, which prevents disclosure of documents bearing classification markings in the special-master review. ,[His] The inability to show irreparable damage is sufficient cause for denial of the extraordinary relief sought by him in this Court.”
The prelogger also argued that Trump has “no plausible claim of ownership or privilege” with classification marks on nearly 100 documents that were taken in the Aug. 8 raid on his Florida home.
Trump’s lawyers asked the High Court to overturn the appeals court’s decision to allow the Justice Department to continue using sensitive documents in criminal investigations into whether the former president had broken federal law regarding the custody of government records.
Florida US District Judge Eileen Cannon ordered Dearie’s appointment to review thousands of documents and determine whether they were covered by attorney-client privileges, executive privileges or other protections. But the appeals court ordered the removal of more than 100 classified documents from the review.
Trump’s lawyers argued that Dearie needed access to “classified records to determine whether documents bearing classification markings are in fact classified, and regardless of classification, whether those records are personal records or those of the President.” There are records.”
“Since President Trump had absolute authority over classification decisions during his presidency, the current status of any disputed document cannot possibly be determined solely by reference to the markings on that document,” the October 4 filing said. Is.
Trump’s filing also argued that without the special master review, “the current Justice Department’s unquestioned views would take the place of the chief executive’s established authority.”
The matter is now before Justice Clarence Thomas.One who can act himself or, as is usually done, refer the emergency appeal to his colleagues.