Trump seeks access to secret court filings in Mar-a-Lago documents case

Lawyers request unprecedented access to classified information special counsel wishes to redact before its introduction at trial

Lawyers for Donald Trump, defending him against charges that he retained national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago club, have asked a federal judge to grant them unprecedented access to the classified information that prosecutors want to redact before it gets introduced at trial.

Cleared counsel for President Trump seek attorneys'-eyes-only access to these filings so that we can challenge the [special counsel's] assertions in adversarial proceedings," the Trump legal team said in the 18-page filing.