Trump's legal team argued that the lower court lacked the authority to grant an appeal, which allowed the Justice Department to continue its investigation without supervision from a special master.
Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to halt the investigation until the documents could be reviewed by a special master.
However, according to documents filed Tuesday, Trump's team says the special master order was not immediately appealable. "In sum, the Government has attempted to criminalize a document management dispute and now vehemently objects to a transparent process that provides much-needed oversight," Trump's team said in the request."The Government's attempt to shield the purportedly classified documents from the ambit of a Senior United States District Judge ... illustrates precisely why the District Court found a special master was appropriate and necessary under the circumstances.
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