Eleventh Circuit Fast-Tracks DOJ’s Mar-a-Lago Appeal

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit quickly granted the Justice Department’s application that it expedite the government’s appeal of Florida federal district judge Aileen Cannon’s order granting former president Donald Trump a special master to review materials seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. Although over 11,000 documents were seized by the FBI pursuant to a court-authorized search warrant, the appeal is technically limited to the approximately 100 classified documents recovered in the search.

I say “technically” limited because the Justice Department clearly hopes that the Eleventh Circuit’s likely ruling in its favor could be used to abort the special-master review process that is currently underway.