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Al Jazeera Staff

Trump asks US Supreme Court to weigh in on document dispute

Former US President Donald Trump has called the investigation into his possible mishandling of classified documents a 'hoax' [File: Chery Dieu-Nalio/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Donald Trump has asked the United States Supreme Court to halt the Justice Department’s review of classified documents seized from the former president’s Florida home in August.

In a legal filing on Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers urged the top court to pause the government’s review while a neutral arbiter vets dozens of files marked as classified for privileged content.

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