Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to intervene in DOJ documents investigation

The ex-president wanted the court to reverse an appellate ruling against him.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's request for an independent third-party to be able to review the documents marked classified that were taken from Mar-a-Lago amid a federal investigation.

"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," the court wrote in a brief order.

Trump asked last week for the Supreme Court to intervene in the case. His attorneys requested the justices vacate part of an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling and restore a special master's access to the 100 or documents bearing classification markings that were seized at Trump's private club.

Those documents were found by FBI agents in an August search of Mar-a-Lago as part of a Department of Justice probe into Trump's handling of sensitive materials after he left the White House.

Trump denies wrongdoing.