Executive Branch

Cannon Strikes Two Provisions of Special Master Order in Response to Eleventh Circuit Ruling

Katherine Pompilio
Thursday, September 22, 2022, 12:59 PM

The provisions of Cannons order that were stricken include Paragraph 6, which requires the Special Master to submit interim reports and recommendations to the court throughout their review, as well as Paragraph 5(b)(i)(bb), which requires that classified documents under review be made available to Trump’s counsel for inspection under supervision of the special master. 

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On Sept. 22, Judge Aileen Cannon struck down two sections of her Sept. 5 order to appoint a Special Master to oversee documents seized by the FBI from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in response to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision granting the Justice Department's motion for a partial stay of her order. 

The provisions of Cannons order that were stricken include Paragraph 6, which requires the Special Master to submit interim reports and recommendations to the court throughout their review, as well as Paragraph 5(b)(i)(bb), which requires that classified documents under review be made available to Trump’s counsel for inspection under supervision of the special master. 

You can read Cannon’s response here or below:


Katherine Pompilio is an associate editor of Lawfare. She holds a B.A. with honors in political science from Skidmore College.

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