Donald J. Trump’s attorneys in Mar-a-Lagogate have petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in the document seizure case, arguing that the case’s special master should be allowed to examine approximately 100 classified documents removed from the former president’s Florida estate and private club (per The Washington Post). A three-judge panel consisting of two Trump appointees and one Obama appointee have ruled against federal Judge Aileen Cannon to allow the Justice Department to proceed with its review of the sensitive documents. 

If the Supreme Court agrees to take up the case it would amount to yet another delay tactic by Trump’s attorneys as the former president reinforces the perception by his loyal followers that he is being treated unfairly by the Justice Department, though it would not block the DOJ from proceeding with its own review of the documents. 

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