DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Deny Trump Classified Records Bid (1)

The Justice Department on Tuesday urged the US Supreme Court stay out of the Mar-a-Lago documents dispute and reject Donald Trump’s bid to have an outside special master review more than 100 records with classified markings.

The former president last week filed an emergency request asking the justices to intervene after a federal appeals court granted the government’s request to carve out the materials with classification status. The special master, US District Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, is reviewing the rest of the 11,000-plus documents seized by the FBI during a court-approved search of Trump’s home in August.

Solicitor General ...