If the court eventually sides with the DOJ and determines that a special master was improperly granted, it could result in a quicker DOJ decision on whether or not to charge Trump with crimes relating to his improper transfer of government materials.
. The DOJ must submit a brief arguing why it believes a special master isn’t needed by October 14, while Trump’s lawyers must submit a brief by November 10. If the DOJ chooses to respond to that brief, it must submit its response within a week.
A panel of judges randomly selected within the 11th Circuit Court will decide when oral arguments will commence at a later time. The timetable laid out by the court suggests that it is possible arguments will be heard before the end of the year.initially agreed to appoint a special master in early September
upon Trump’s request more than two weeks after the documents were retrieved from his home. Many legal experts believe the appointment was unnecessary, as the DOJ already had a separate team of researchers determining whether or not the documents were privileged. Some have speculated that Trump’s request for a special masterin order to better prepare his legal team’s arguments in the face of what appears to be impending charges against him.
Cannon’s order to appoint a special master prevented the DOJ from examining all of the documents they had retrieved from Trump’s estate. In a recent order from the 11th Circuit Court, the department was granted the ability to look at items marked as classified.Though the DOJ is now allowed to look at the classified documents,
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