NEW: An appeals court granted DOJ’s bid to expedite its challenge to the appointment of a #SpecialMaster to review documents seized from Trump’s estate. DOJ argued speed was of the essence in its Trump criminal probe. Story w/ @ZoeTillman bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics
The order Wednesday from the federal appeals court in Atlanta didn’t specify when it would hear arguments—or which judges would hear the case—but set a briefing schedule that wraps up on Nov. 17. Trump had argued against expediting the case & suggested oral arguments in January.
The appeals court previously rejected Trump's attempt to keep the DOJ from accessing about 100 documents bearing classification markings—some of them labeled top secret—that were seized from his home. DOJ argued the documents were crucial to to the criminal investigation
Meanwhile, the special master's review is continuing as part of the suit Trump filed after the search of his home before US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who last week extended the review deadline to Dec. 16. The delay was caused by trouble hiring a vendor bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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