Judge will likely grant DOJ request to continue review of documents, legal expert says

"What the DOJ is doing on this motion is to give the judge a way out," he said.

Federal prosecutors requested on Thursday a stay, attempting to block Judge Aileen Cannon’s prior ruling preventing the FBI and DOJ from continuing its review of classified documents in connection with its criminal investigation into Trump’s handling of documents seized at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Prosecutors said there was risk of “irreparable harm" to national security and the ongoing investigation if the stay was not granted.

Trump’s legal team responded on Monday, saying that appointing a special master to review the documents is a “sensible preliminary step toward restoring order from chaos,” and urged Cannon to reject the request for a stay.

In order to break down recent developments, ABC News Live Prime spoke with Florida state attorney Dave Aronberg.