US justice department urges supreme court to reject Trump appeal on Mar-a-Lago documents

Court filing addresses ex-president's bid to return 103 documents with classification markings to special master for review

The US justice department has asked the US supreme court to reject Donald Trump's attempt to re-include 103 documents with classification markings in the special master review that is examining whether materials the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort are protected by privilege.

The justice department argued in a 34-page brief that the supreme court should reject the former president's motion and keep the 103 documents out of the special master's purview since Trump did not show he was being irreparably harmed and that his arguments about jurisdiction lacked merit.