Trump asks supreme court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute | First Thing

Appellate court ruling prevented special master from examining 100 files seized from Mar-a-Lago. Plus, a record-breaking pumpkin

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Donald Trump asked the US supreme court yesterday to partly reverse an appellate court decision that prevented the special master, reviewing for privilege protections materials seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago resort in August, from examining 100 documents with classification markings.

What else has emerged about the documents? A lawyer for Donald Trump refused to report to the National Archives that the former president had turned over all Oval Office documents as required out of concern that the claim was a lie, the Washington Post is reporting.

What have we learned from Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman? The former president really doesn't like Mitch McConnell, and he apparently relentlessly mocked Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and adviser and made many many diplomatic faux pas. Here are the key takeaways.

What else is happening? Here's what we know on day 224 of the invasion.