The newly appointed special counsel on Dec. 2 asked a U.S. judge to halt the independent review of documents the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida.
Special Counsel Jack Smith told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the work of U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie should be halted in light of an appeals court ruling on Dec. 1 that Cannon improperly appointed Dearie as special master, or independent arbiter.
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit handed down the ruling, which revoked Cannon’s order appointing Dearie.
But the court also withheld the order for seven days to give Trump time to appeal to the full appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court….