The documents from Mar-a-Lago were reviewed by a special master.
Judge Raymond Dearie is impatient with the legal defense of Trump.
The hearing suggested that having Dearie involved may not be useful.
It seemed like a victory when a judge granted a request for a "special master" to review documents taken from Mar-a-Lago.
The appointment forced government investigators to stop looking at the records, a process that some speculated could take months.
There are reasons for the strategy to be regretted by Trump.
The special master, Judge Raymond Dearie, has not done Trump any favors in his court appearances so far, exposing holes in the legal arguments presented by Trump's attorneys in court.
The federal judge who initially handled the case took a different approach. Cannon has been accused of seeming to favor Trump in a number of decisions that baffled legal experts.
At a court hearing Tuesday, Dearie prodded Trump's attorneys over their refusal to present evidence to support Trump's claims that he declassified dozens of sensitive government.
Neither Trump nor his attorneys have presented any evidence to support his claim that the documents were declassified.
Dearie said that he had little choice but to rule in the DOJ's favor if Trump's lawyers didn't try and prove their case.
Dearie said, "You can't have your cake and eat it as well."
Analysts think that Trump is trying to put as many obstacles in the way of the DOJ as possible.
He didn't find an official in Dearie to support his plans.
The DOJ launched an appeal against Cannon's ruling denying them access to the secret documents and Dearie has until November 30 to complete his review.
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