U.S. Supreme Court rejects request for independent commissioner to review classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

　　China News Agency, Washington, October 13 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an application by former President Trump's legal team on the 13th that asked an independent commissioner to be allowed to review classified documents from the Mar-a-Lago search.

　　The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling has only one sentence, and it does not give reasons for its rejection, nor does it announce the votes of the justices.

This also means that the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into the classified documents seized by Mar-a-Lago will continue, and the judicial “fight” between the Trump team and the U.S. Department of Justice on the case will remain at the level of the Circuit Court of Appeals.

　　On August 8, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Trump's private residence, Mar-a-Lago, in Florida.

Among the items seized by the FBI were more than 11,000 government documents and photographs, of which 103 were classified as classified, 54 as "secret", 31 as "confidential" and 18 as the highest level of "top secret".

　　In response, Trump denied wrongdoing and said some of the materials in the seized items were protected by attorney-client privilege and executive privilege.

At the suggestion of Trump, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida approved the appointment of Raymond Derie as an independent commissioner on September 15, responsible for completing the review of the above-mentioned documents by November 30 this year.

　　The U.S. Justice Department then appealed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta and obtained an interim ruling that allowed U.S. prosecutors to re-examine the classified documents to continue the investigation.

　　The "Washington Post" analysis believes that although the US Supreme Court chose to "stay out of the matter", the legal battle over the Mar-a-Lago search case is not over yet.

The Trump team has until Nov. 10 to respond to the motion because the Justice Department plans to file an appeal overturning the entire decision to appoint the independent commissioner.

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