Supreme Court Directs Department of Justice to Respond to Trump Request

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official group photograph at the U.S. Supreme Court in the District of Columbia on Nov. 30, 2018. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court has told the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enter a response to former President Donald Trump after he asked the nation’s top court to vacate a partial stay against him in the Mar-a-Lago records case.

Justice Clarence Thomas directed DOJ lawyers to respond to Trump by 5 p.m. on Oct. 11.