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Sep 8, 2022, 10 tweets

BREAKING: DOJ has filed a notice of appeal to Judge Cannon's order on the Mar-a-Lago special master. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

The details of the appeal are unclear, so we'll see if this is an appeal of the entire order, a portion, or if there are other nuances.

MORE: DOJ has asked Judge Cannon to stay parts of her order, saying the national secyrity review is inextricably linked tot he criminal investigation and can't be seaprated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

MORE: DOJ also says it's urgent that the FBI be permitted to help investigate the empty folders with classification markings to determine what they once held and whether their contents "may have been lost or compromised."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

NEWS: The Justice Department is moving to block Judge CANNON's order, warning of significant national security risks caused by her effort to block the FBI criminal review of the seized documents.

politico.com/news/2022/09/0…

IMPORTANT: ODNI has actually paused its national security risk assessment, citing "uncertainty regarding the bounds of
the Court’s order and its implications for the activities of the FBI." politico.com/news/2022/09/0…

MORE: DOJ says Cannon's analysis essentially conceded that "no potential assertion of executive privilege by Plaintiff could justify preventing the Executive Branch from conducting that review and assessment of the classified records."

politico.com/news/2022/09/0…

DOJ is now moving for Cannon to unseal more details about its filter review process for attorney-client privilege, saying Trump's lawyers are making blanket objections that should be rejected.

DOJ says the filter review process was, by design, "overly inclusive."

MEANWHILE: Over on Truth Social, Trump rails against the DOJ appeal, praising Cannon as "a brilliant and courageous Judge whose words of wisdom rang true throughout our Nation."

politico.com/news/2022/09/0…

UPDATE: Judge Cannon has issued an order asking the parties to consider, in Friday’s filings, DOJ’s views about the 100 classified documents retrieved from Mar-aLago

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