Former President Donald Trump on Monday objected to the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to pause portions of a judge’s order that temporarily restricted its investigation into classified documents seized at the former president’s estate.

Calling the investigation a “document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control,” Trump’s lawyers suggested in a court filing that Trump may have been within his rights to keep even documents originally marked classified, pointing to his broad declassification authority as president.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]