Justice Department formally appeals appointment of special master in Mar-a-Lago documents case
Source: CNN Politics
CNN The Justice Department officially appealed the appointment of the special master, who is overseeing the review of documents seized from former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago estate, in a brief filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday.
The federal appeals court granted the departments request last month to block certain aspects of an order from the lower court Judge Aileen Cannon. This appeal contests the entire order from Cannon, who granted Trumps request to designate a third party to review the documents seized from his Florida estate.
The special master Raymond Dearie, a senior federal judge based in Brooklyn has already started the process for the review of about 11,000 documents taken from Mar-a-Lago in August. If the department is ultimately successful in its appeal, the special master could be ordered to halt the review process.
This appeals process, however, will take at least several weeks. While a federal judge did grant the departments request to expedite the appeal, Trumps legal team still has until November 10 to file a response, and the 11th Circuit will not schedule oral arguments until after the department files a subsequent reply on November 17.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/politics/mar-a-lago-department-of-justice-appeal/index.html
ificandream
(9,373 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,069 posts)which they did - and that was going to be ahead of the filing of this full "official" appeal. So the stay (e.g., that keeps the classified documents out of the hands of the special master and 45's crew) is still in effect pending this appeal. They knew this appeal process was going to take time because both sides are given time to submit their responses, and that drags it out.
ificandream
(9,373 posts)BidenRocks
(827 posts)Why is the news ahead of the DOJ?
Probably the same reason NFL broadcasters have a play analyzed and replayed from four angles before the refs even speak.
We have eyes and analysts!
Really pathetic, tfg and tnf.