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The Department of Justice has requested A federal appeals court has accelerated its schedule to weigh the department’s appeal of a judge’s order requiring the special director to review classified documents from Mar-a-Lago.
In an expedited petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit On Friday, the Justice Department proposed a timeline for briefings that would complete written briefs by Nov. 11, while asking the appeals court to schedule a hearing as soon as possible. Under the current appeals timeline, a final written briefing will be due in about a month, and oral arguments have not yet been scheduled.
“It would be in the judicial interest to expedite appeals, as the district court’s injunctive portion was not set aside, limiting the government’s ability to defend the strong public interest in expeditiously conducting the criminal and national security investigations that underlie these proceedings,” the Justice Department said in the filing. wrote.
DOJ had asked 11th Circuit to intervene in Mar-a-Lago Former President Donald Trump successfully sued a documents dispute over getting the appointment of a special guru, a third-party attorney responsible for reviewing evidence and filtering privileged documents, to scrutinize some 11,000 documents seized by the FBI during an Aug. Residences and resorts in Palm Beach, Florida.
The Justice Department noted in a filing Friday night How quickly emergency proceedings are successfully seeking immunity for documents marked classified. The department noted that part of the 11th Circuit opinion granted the exception that Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon, who ordered the special director, acted beyond her permissions.
“While the panel’s decision specifically relates to classified documents, its reasoning arguably applies more broadly,” the Justice Department said.
The department wrote to the court that if the appeal is successful, an expedited timetable for briefings and arguments could allow its investigators to resume a full investigation.
The DOJ wrote in the filing that the government “is therefore unable to examine records commingled with classified material, including records that may clarify, for example, how the classified material was transferred to the plaintiff’s residence, which is how were transferred to the plaintiff’s residence.” stores, and who may have accessed them. ”
For his part, Trump opposes demands for a faster pace.
Earlier this month, an appeals court overturned key elements of Cannon’s original ruling, allowing the Justice Department to resume the criminal investigation’s use of documents marked classified, likely at the heart of the probe.
This story has been updated with more details on Friday.