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Related: About this forumDOJ Asks Appeals Court For Stay To Allow Investigation, Assessment Of Mar-a-Lago Docs - Alex Wagner
Keal Katyal, former U.S. acting solicitor general, talks with Alex Wagner about the DOJ asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay to halt the special master's review of the roughly 100 classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago so that the criminal investigation and intelligence damage assessment can both proceed. - Aired on 09/16/2022.
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DOJ Asks Appeals Court For Stay To Allow Investigation, Assessment Of Mar-a-Lago Docs - Alex Wagner (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2022
OP
Justice Dept. asks appeals court to restore access to Trump raid documents
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2022
#3
Thanks! Joyce Vance is always terrific, explains the issues clearly so the rest of can understand!
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2022
#6
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)1. I read the filing
It was well done
Rhiannon12866
(205,287 posts)2. That's good news, let's hope it makes a difference.
This case has gone on long enough, he left office a year and 9 months ago.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)3. Justice Dept. asks appeals court to restore access to Trump raid documents
This is a well done brief. I like the concept of limiting to an emergency stay on the key issue of the 100 records marked classified.
Link to tweet
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/16/justice-dept-asks-appeals-court-to-restore-access-to-trump-raid-documents-00057329
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to lift a judges order blocking criminal investigators from accessing about 100 documents with national security classification markings recovered from former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago compound last month.
In a filing with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Friday night, prosecutors said the government is facing irreparable harm as a result of U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannons ruling putting the potentially classified records off-limits to the investigative team until an outside expert conducts a review of them and considers Trumps objections to their seizure.
The courts order hamstrings that investigation and places the FBI and Department of Justice under a Damoclean threat of contempt, DOJ lawyers said in their 29-page filing, adding, It also irreparably harms the government by enjoining critical steps of an ongoing criminal investigation and needlessly compelling disclosure of highly sensitive records, including to [Trumps] counsel.
The Justice Departments widely expected escalation of the legal fight came one day after the Trump-appointed judge rebuffed prosecutors request for a stay that would essentially carve out the national security-related records some bearing markings such as Top Secret/SCI from the outside oversight Trumps legal team requested.
The filing was an unsparing rejection of Cannons handling of the entire matter, saying it has jeopardized national security, is based on flimsy or baseless interpretations of executive privilege and could enable further obstruction of efforts to recover additional missing documents.
In a filing with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Friday night, prosecutors said the government is facing irreparable harm as a result of U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannons ruling putting the potentially classified records off-limits to the investigative team until an outside expert conducts a review of them and considers Trumps objections to their seizure.
The courts order hamstrings that investigation and places the FBI and Department of Justice under a Damoclean threat of contempt, DOJ lawyers said in their 29-page filing, adding, It also irreparably harms the government by enjoining critical steps of an ongoing criminal investigation and needlessly compelling disclosure of highly sensitive records, including to [Trumps] counsel.
The Justice Departments widely expected escalation of the legal fight came one day after the Trump-appointed judge rebuffed prosecutors request for a stay that would essentially carve out the national security-related records some bearing markings such as Top Secret/SCI from the outside oversight Trumps legal team requested.
The filing was an unsparing rejection of Cannons handling of the entire matter, saying it has jeopardized national security, is based on flimsy or baseless interpretations of executive privilege and could enable further obstruction of efforts to recover additional missing documents.
Rhiannon12866
(205,287 posts)4. Thanks so much for the additional explanation.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)5. Some good analysis from Joyce Vance
Rhiannon12866
(205,287 posts)6. Thanks! Joyce Vance is always terrific, explains the issues clearly so the rest of can understand!
Rhiannon12866
(205,287 posts)7. Twitter replies:
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)8. Harry Littman-DOJ strategically seeks only limited relief
Rhiannon12866
(205,287 posts)9. Harry Litman makes sense
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,168 posts)10. From Joyce Vance