Happening now, breaking news. The U.S. Justice Department just filed a formal appeal of the appointment of a special master who's overseeing the review of highly classified documents seized from Maralago. Stand by.

We have details.

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Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation with. This is CNN breaking news.

Let's get right to the breaking news on the battle between the US Justice

Department and the Trump team over that Maralago special master.

CNN senior justice correspondent Evan Perez is working in the developments for us.

He's got the latest information.

What are you learning of him?

Well, Wolf, the Justice Department filed its formal appeal of this ruling from Eileen can't

well wolf the justice department filed its formal appeal of this ruling from

Eileen Cannon the justice I'm sorry the judge down in Palm Beach who had given

Donald Trump a chance to have a special master to review these 21,000 pages that were

seized as part of the FBI search in Marlago back in August.

The Justice Department is saying that the judge had

abused her discretion. They're quoting is exactly from a previous ruling by the

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