China News Service, September 17 (Reuters) - On the 16th local time, the U.S. Department of Justice appealed a court ruling preventing it from reviewing classified materials seized by the FBI during a raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. .
An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 14, 2022.
In a filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the U.S. Justice Department said the circuit should halt part of a lower court ruling that prevented prosecutors from relying on the secrets in their criminal investigation of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, the report said. document.
In addition, the Justice Department also asked the appointed "special chief" Deerey not to view classified material.
A U.S. District Court judge on the 15th appointed retired Judge Deirley as the "special chief" to review documents seized by the FBI from Trump's residence Mar-a-Lago, and set the end of November as the deadline to complete the review.
The Justice Department had previously voiced its opposition to the appointment of a "special principal" and filed a motion to appeal.
On Aug. 8, FBI investigators executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.
According to the information released by the Ministry of Justice since then, there are more than 11,000 government documents and photos in the seized items, of which more than 100 are classified as classified, 54 as "secret", 31 as "confidential", and 18 as the highest level "Top Secret".