Lawyers for Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal fight over documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate
Former President Donald Trump listens to applause from the crowd as he steps up to the podium at a rally Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C.WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classifiedduring an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent arbiter appointed to inspect the records.
But Trump’s lawyers said in their application to the Supreme Court that it was essential for the special master to have access to the classified records to “determine whether documents bearing classification markings are in fact classified, and regardless of classification, whether those records are personal records or Presidential records.”
It says that without the special master review, “the unchallenged views of the current Justice Department would supersede the established authority of the Chief Executive.”
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