By Adam Liptak
New York Times
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request from former President Donald J. Trump to intervene in the litigation over documents seized from his Florida estate.
The court’s order, which was a sentence long, was a stinging rebuke to Mr. Trump. There were no noted dissents, and the court gave no reasons, saying only: “The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Sept. 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the court is denied.”
Mr. Trump asked the court last week to step into the tangled case, saying that an appeals court had lacked jurisdiction to remove about 100 documents marked as classified from a review of the seized material. The Supreme Court’s action means that the special master in the case, and Mr. Trump’s legal team, will not have access to those documents.
In their filing, Mr. Trump’s lawyers did not ask the Supreme Court to overturn a more important part of the appeals court’s ruling, which allowed the Justice Department to continue using the documents with classification markings in its criminal investigation of Mr. Trump’s handling of government records.
Still, subjecting the roughly 100 documents with classification markings to review would have significantly complicated the process because the first step would have been to show the files to Mr. Trump’s lawyers so they could decide whether to claim that any are protected by attorney-client or executive privilege.
Some of the files with those markings are very highly classified — top secret, with further access restrictions for so-called sensitive compartmented information. A government lawyer has questioned whether any of Mr. Trump’s lawyers can be deemed to meet the standards, including a “need to know,” to be shown them.
A lawyer for Mr. Trump, Chris Kise, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a filing on Tuesday, the Justice Department said the justices should not intervene because the appeals court had the authority to rule on the narrow question at issue in Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court request. The justices apparently agreed.
Last week, the 11th Circuit called for briefs on a relatively brisk schedule on the Justice Department’s broader appeal from a Sept. 5 ruling by Judge Aileen M. Cannon of the Southern District of Florida appointing a special master. That briefing will conclude on Nov. 17, and the appeals court will presumably hear arguments in the following weeks.
In the meantime, the special master appointed by Judge Cannon on Sept. 15, Judge Raymond J. Dearie of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is continuing his work in carrying out Judge Cannon’s instructions to identify documents that may be subject to attorney-client or executive privilege.
The Supreme Court is dominated by six conservative justices, three of them appointed by Mr. Trump. But it has rejected previous efforts to block the disclosure of information about him.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request from former President Donald J. Trump to intervene in the litigation over documents seized from his Florida estate.
The court’s order, which was a sentence long, was a stinging rebuke to Mr. Trump. There were no noted dissents, and the court gave no reasons, saying only: “The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Sept. 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the court is denied.”
Mr. Trump asked the court last week to step into the tangled case, saying that an appeals court had lacked jurisdiction to remove about 100 documents marked as classified from a review of the seized material. The Supreme Court’s action means that the special master in the case, and Mr. Trump’s legal team, will not have access to those documents.
In their filing, Mr. Trump’s lawyers did not ask the Supreme Court to overturn a more important part of the appeals court’s ruling, which allowed the Justice Department to continue using the documents with classification markings in its criminal investigation of Mr. Trump’s handling of government records.
Still, subjecting the roughly 100 documents with classification markings to review would have significantly complicated the process because the first step would have been to show the files to Mr. Trump’s lawyers so they could decide whether to claim that any are protected by attorney-client or executive privilege.
Some of the files with those markings are very highly classified — top secret, with further access restrictions for so-called sensitive compartmented information. A government lawyer has questioned whether any of Mr. Trump’s lawyers can be deemed to meet the standards, including a “need to know,” to be shown them.
A lawyer for Mr. Trump, Chris Kise, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a filing on Tuesday, the Justice Department said the justices should not intervene because the appeals court had the authority to rule on the narrow question at issue in Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court request. The justices apparently agreed.
Last week, the 11th Circuit called for briefs on a relatively brisk schedule on the Justice Department’s broader appeal from a Sept. 5 ruling by Judge Aileen M. Cannon of the Southern District of Florida appointing a special master. That briefing will conclude on Nov. 17, and the appeals court will presumably hear arguments in the following weeks.
In the meantime, the special master appointed by Judge Cannon on Sept. 15, Judge Raymond J. Dearie of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is continuing his work in carrying out Judge Cannon’s instructions to identify documents that may be subject to attorney-client or executive privilege.
The Supreme Court is dominated by six conservative justices, three of them appointed by Mr. Trump. But it has rejected previous efforts to block the disclosure of information about him.
15 comments:
It begins.
Fat ass Trump is toast. House committee investigating January Capitol Riot also voted today (unanimously) to subpoena Cheeto.
He's thisclose to fleeing to Russia, Montoya.
Its like allowing hillbilly coco wanna be white RATA mojado to see extremely classified toilet paper used only by el trumputo. baboso
Cheeto's been caught trying to move his company from New York to some other state, to avoid a lawsuit there.
Dumb Son Donald, Jr. in on the evasion.
Trump is a conniving loser!
Why it matters: The order is a major blow to Trump's efforts to get the high court to weigh in on the Justice Department proceeding with its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified material.
Republican candidate Herschel "Loser" Walker now says his grandma was "full Cherokee," something his mother says is not true.
Does Herschel not know that he is Black?
That hangar-wide nose and those fat-pussy lips say he is NO Native American. Boy be Black.
Is Walker also from Burgos, Tamaulipas (Mexico)?
Transported migrants may be on a path to citizenship because of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flights
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office agreed to certify that the migrants had cooperated with its investigation and are eligible to apply for “U” visas.
ha ha ha
The shit show will be over in January.
This is how bad political candidates who follow Donnie are, Herschel Walker claims to not be black but Native American. From where I stand he might have Native America blood but he black. This is another one whose philosophy is believe what I say and not what your eyes see.
The folks who believe and follow these fools need help.
Lots of corruption at the FBI to report on, Juan. Wait till the Republicans take over. Bet your kind won't interrupt regular programming to report on.
CONGRATS to the Boxer..
Seems a humble kid with Fists of Fury
Hope his Sponsors are Proud of him
Se Avento.
Who cares? Old news. Is this the most important issue confronting our country?
October 13, 2022 at 5:24 PM
There are 100's of cocos here that think, say and act like they are white. Its like a vampire movie and the mirror trick.
Your brain is a wondrous thing, but it's certainly not perfect. Sometimes it forgets important details, such as you are meskin or thinks you are white. Or it may fail to notice essential things, like you are poor.
Leading you to make mistakes that could cause you to get hurt, put yourself at risk with others, or be just plain stupid.
BEWARE COCOS USE THE MIRROR ON A DAILY BASIS...
October 14, 2022 at 8:43 AM
so true
I once had a mirror that talked and all it would say was "STUPID". Buy one that sell them at HEB in the meat market.
Trump will not be convicted! He will run for president and win!! Have you already forgotten about the Russian collusion or are you acting stupid? Wasn't he going to be convicted then? Keep wishing!
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