US justice department urges supreme court to reject Trump appeal on Mar-a-Lago documents

In August, Trump successfully obtained through US district court judge Aileen Cannon the appointment of a special master to examine the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago and exclude from the criminal investigation documents that were protected by attorney-client or executive privilege.

The justice department added that if Trump truly believed the case was about a dispute under the Presidential Records Act, then he filed his original request for a special master in Washington, instead of with a judge he appointed in Florida.