The Department of Justice appealed the judge's ruling to authorize a special master to review the documents.
Three days after Cannon approved Trump's request for that outside watchdog to sift through the materials seized from the resort home Mar-a-Lago to identify personal items and records that are protected by attorney-client privilege or executive privilege, the move came.
The DOJ objected to the request because it said a special master could hurt the national security interests.
More than ten thousand government records were seized when the FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Dozens of folders were empty when they were collected by the FBI.
Cannon wrote that the country is best served by an orderly process that promotes the interest and perception of fairness.
The 11th Circuit has jurisdiction over cases from district courts in Florida.
Cannon's order blocking the agency from using the seized documents for criminal investigative purposes was stayed by the DOJ.
In its request, the DOJ said that it is likely to succeed on its appeal as it applies to the classified records that were found at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump doesn't own or have any interest in classified records, he doesn't have any right to have those government records returned to him, or he can advance any plausible claims of attorney-client privilege as to such records.
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