DOJ seeks to block parts of judge’s ruling on documents seized at Mar-a-Lago

• DOJ asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to "stay only the portions of the order causing the most serious and immediate harm to the government and the public by (1) restricting the government’s review and use of records bearing classification markings and (2) requiring the government to disclose those records for a special-master review process."

The big picture: The 29-page partial stay request comes a day after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon appointed Judge Raymond Dearie to review the evidence seized at Trump's Florida residence.

• Cannon on Thursday also rejected the DOJ's request to resume its criminal investigation into the classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.
• "The court’s order hamstrings that investigation and places the FBI and Department of Justice under a Damoclean threat of contempt," the department wrote in its Friday filing to the Atlanta-based court of appeals.

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Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details.