Appeals court agrees to speed up DOJ appeal of order appointing outside arbiter
The government argued for an expedited appeal because there's no need to "analyze an extensive factual record," it wrote Friday in its request to the 11th Circuit.
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Robert Legare is a CBS News multiplatform reporter and producer covering the Justice Department, federal courts and investigations. He has covered Justice Department policies and law enforcement initiatives, several special counsel investigations and the sprawling probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, he worked as an associate producer for the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."
The government argued for an expedited appeal because there's no need to "analyze an extensive factual record," it wrote Friday in its request to the 11th Circuit.
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Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the court Thursday to release the detailed list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago.
Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the court Thursday to release the detailed list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago.