Donald Trump's legal team on Monday asked a judge to continue blocking the Justice Department from reviewing classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. See the potential bias and similarities in coverage from nbcnews, NewsNation and foxnews:
, Trump's lawyers called the Justice Department's investigationand"a document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control." They also said that"there still remains a disagreement as to the classification status of the documents" seized from Mar-a-Lago, and that the government"has not proven these records remain classified." Trump's lawyers didn't explicitly say that the documents had been declassified; Trump has said repeatedly that they were.
from U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon for the appointment of a neutral special master and would seek a"partial stay" regarding her order blocking the government from its review of seized records with classified markings. Cannon is expected to receive and consider suggestions Monday from each side on who to appoint asThe Trump team's response to the DOJ's legal challenge was covered prominently by news sources across the political spectrum Monday.