China News Service, August 24. According to a report by CNN on the 23rd local time, in response to the lawsuit brought by former US President Trump, the US magistrate asked Trump to improve his legal arguments before the 26th, in detail. State its arguments.
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Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to block the Justice Department from "further reviewing" material seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate until a "special master" is appointed to oversee the review.
This is the first legal action filed by the Trump team since the Mar-a-Lago incident.
District Judge Cannon asked Trump's lawyers to detail their arguments, why the court has the ability to intervene at this time and explain what Trump is asking for, among other things.
Cannon also asked Trump's team to weigh how the request might affect another review of whether testimony from the FBI stating the reasons for the search could be released.
The report pointed out that the judge's order showed that in many ways Trump's indictment fell short of the effect he had hoped for the court to appoint a "special principal."
Generally speaking, Trump's desire for a "special chief" to be involved in reviewing the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago is not against legal norms, according to reports.
But Trump waited two weeks to make such a request, which is cause for concern because the Justice Department may already be evaluating the seized documents.
And when Trump appealed to the court, the indictment leaned heavily toward political accusations and weak in legal discussions explaining to the court why it should intervene and what authority it has to do so.
The report further noted that when Trump’s lawyers did cite court rules they said empowered judges to grant requests, they were citing civil procedure rules without explaining why those rules should apply in the context of criminal search warrants. .
In addition, Trump did not file an application with the magistrate judge who signed the warrant, prompting confusion among outside legal experts.
It was previously reported that the US National Archives recovered the first batch of more than 150 documents marked as "classified" in January, Trump aides provided the US Department of Justice with the second batch in June, and the third batch in early August. It was seized during the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.