After a judge ruled that a special master must be present for the review, the DOJ appealed, saying that there were a selection of documents that could continue being examined even without the special master having reviewed them.
The Supreme Court denied former President Donald Trump's appeal in the DOJ's case against him, in which he had asked for a special master to review documents that had been seized by the FBI. Trump had asked the Court to prevent the DOJ from continuing their review of those documents without a special master present.
After a judge ruled that a special master must be present for the review, the DOJ appealed, saying that there were a selection of documents that could continue being examined even without the special master having reviewed them. Trump balked, asked the Supreme Court to stop that review, and the Supreme Court has refused to get involved.
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View on RumbleAfter the documents were seized in the DOJ's raid of Trump's estate in August, the former president appealed to Judge Aileen M. Cannon from the Southern District of Florida to appoint a special master to independently review the materials. That special master is US District Judge Raymond Dearie, who was appointed by Cannon.
Cannon had said that Biden's Department of Justice would need to halt their investigation until a special master could do a thorough check of the documents, as the special master has a December 16 deadline. However, the DOJ appealed her order to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The DOJ told the 11th Circuit that roughly 100 classified documents did not fall under the order's jurisdiction and they should be allowed to proceed investigating without the special master's review. The 11th Circuit's three-judge panel sided with the Department of Justice.
Trump appealed that decision to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court, and asked that those 100 documents also fall under the purview of the special master.
On Thursday the Supreme Court rejected Trump's plea. Justice Clarence Thomas referred the request to the court and afterwards there was no accompanying explanation or noted dissents.
The Department of Justice can now continue its investigation on those 100 documents that do not need special master inspection.
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