The decision came shortly after DOJ officials wrote in a filing Monday, "The government seeks to file a response up to forty pages in length in order to adequately address the legal and factual issues raised by Plaintiff's Motion and Supplement and the Court's August 27 Order requiring a response from the government."
Trump has sought the appointment of a special master to oversee the department's combing of evidence obtained from his Mar-a-Lago resort during the Aug. 8 search and seizure by FBI agents. A judge has signaled her "preliminary intent" to side with Trump in the special master request.
In the filing, the DOJ noted that Trump's lawyers filed a 27-page and 10-page motion and supplemental motion in his special master request. They argued they needed an exception to exceed the 20-page limit on opposition moratoriums due to the nature of the case. A hearing on the special master request has been set for Thursday.