The United States Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a motion from former President Donald Trump to intervene after a lower court appointed a special master to evaluate documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
"The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on September 21, 2022, presented to Justice [Clarence] Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied," an order from the court said.
Trump's team initially sought a special master in the case, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit later gave the Justice Department permission to investigate classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago.
The U.S. government argued that the Supreme Court should not intervene because Trump had no "plausible" claim of ownership over the government documents.
