The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of a Texas law that greatly restricts the ability of social media companies to moderate content and imposes certain transparency requirements.

The Justice Department argued that Trump has neither categorized the records found at Mar-a-Lago as personal records, nor has he officially claimed or provided evidence that the documents were declassified.

The Trump team objected to the government's motion for partial stay of Cannon's order, which had enjoined the government from using the materials seized at Mar-a-Lago for investigative purposes. 

Former president Donald Trump mostly prevailed in his Aug. 22 request that a special master be appointed "to protect the integrity of privileged documents" pursuant to Rule 53(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in spite of the Justice Department's argument that such a master is not warranted in this case.