% Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal to weigh in on Mar-a-Lago documents probe
Sections
Axios Local
Axios gets you smarter faster with news & information that matters
About
Subscribe
Supreme Court rejects Trump' s request to weigh in on Mar-a-Lago documents probe
The Supreme Court of the United States. Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition from , barring the from reviewing classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.
visibility
220 views
thumb_up
32 likes
Why it matters: The order is a major blow to Trump's efforts to get the high court to weigh in on the Justice Department proceeding with its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified material. State of play: The the high court to reject Trump's appeal earlier this week. "As this Court has emphasized, courts should be cautious before ‘insisting upon an examination’ of records whose disclosure would jeopardize national security ‘even by the judge alone, in chambers,'" .
comment
2 replies
N
Noah Davis 2 minutes ago
Catch up quick: Trump's legal team had asked SCOTUS to intervene in the dispute over the and ov...
E
Emma Wilson 2 minutes ago
The agency met that deadline. Of note: The Supreme Court's response came during the House , dur...
Catch up quick: Trump's legal team had asked SCOTUS to intervene in the dispute over the and overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit that allowed the DOJ to review around 100 documents as part of its investigation into the former president.Justice Clarence Thomas, who is assigned to oversee emergency requests in the 11th Circuit, had the DOJ to respond to Trump's petition by 5pm ET on Oct. 11.
comment
2 replies
O
Oliver Taylor 2 minutes ago
The agency met that deadline. Of note: The Supreme Court's response came during the House , dur...
D
Daniel Kumar 1 minutes ago
Go deeper
...
The agency met that deadline. Of note: The Supreme Court's response came during the House , during which the panel highlighted evidence that Trump planned before the election to declare victory regardless of the actual results in November 2020. Go deeper: Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information.
comment
2 replies
S
Scarlett Brown 3 minutes ago
Go deeper
...
V
Victoria Lopez 9 minutes ago
Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal to weigh in on Mar-a-Lago documents probe
Sections
Go deeper
comment
3 replies
C
Chloe Santos 9 minutes ago
Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal to weigh in on Mar-a-Lago documents probe
Sections
N
Noah Davis 8 minutes ago
Why it matters: The order is a major blow to Trump's efforts to get the high court to weigh in ...