The Justice Department has asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to shut down special master Raymond Dearie's review of more than 11,000 documents seized by the FBI in its August raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. MORE: Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to intervene in DOJ documents investigationIn the brief, DOJ attorneys say that at no point since the Aug. 8 search has Trump asserted any kind of privilege, either executive or attorney-client, over the documents. They also argue their filter protocol put in place prior to the search of Mar-a-Lago was sufficient to separate out any potential attorney-client privileged communications. Story continuesThe DOJ moved for an expedited appeal, saying its inability to access the non-classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago was also significantly hampering its ongoing criminal investigation. DOJ asks appeals court to shut down special master's review of Trump documents originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News October 14, 2022 21:19 UTC