A federal appeals court granted the U.S. Justice Department’s request to expedite its challenge to a Florida judge’s appointment of a so-called special master to review thousands of White House documents recovered from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The order Wednesday from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t immediately specify when arguments would happen — or which judges would hear them — but set a briefing schedule that wraps up on Nov. 17.
Trump’s legal team had opposed putting the case on a faster track, arguing instead to have a hearing in January, at the earliest. But the government argued the case must be rushed so it can gain access to 11,000 documents that it’s currently barred from using during the special master’s review.
