draft. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening everyone i m ornament mormon median in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump has tried just about everything to slow down the government s investigation into the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. now he s taking his course to the supreme court. today, trump made an emergency request, asking the court to overturn a lower court ruling that prevented the special master from revealing the roughly 100 classified documents taken during the surge from his florida club back on august 8th. you may recall that the 11th circuit of appeals agreed with the justice department which had argued that there was no legal basis for the special master to conduct his own special review of that records. trump s appeal was directed to justice clarence thomas because he oversees the 11th circuit court, and tonight the supreme court ask the doj to file its response to trump s request by 5 pm october 11th. just a short t
back before the court appointed special master, which could potentially throw some sand in the gears of the departments investigation. despite recent reporting that trump s legal team was perhaps looking to soften its tone in this case, the filing today by trump s lawyers is filled with more angry screeds against the department of justice. they accused the department of feigned concern about reported to pin some offense on trump. it is the latest in a series of aggressive and bellicose moves by trump, which he s employed for a very long time to move away from scandals and legal quandaries. and it s more evidence of the mindset with which he approaches both the powers of the presidency and the keeping of the nation s secrets. in a post on his social media website following the filing today, trump told his followers, i want my documents back. that s what he said. i want my documents back. because trump still believes that the classified government records seized from his home
tonight, donald trump, with one of his biggest legal headaches before the nation s highest court. earlier this evening, trump s lawyers filed an appeal to the supreme court over in the ongoing court battle over mar-a-lago. trump undoubtedly is hoping to get a favorable ruling from the courts six conservative justices, three of whom trump appointed. now, trump s lawyers are not explicitly trying to prevent doj investigators from looking at the one hundred or so documents taking from his beach club. but they are attempting to get the review of the documents