Justice Department officials told a federal judge late Tuesday that the appointment of a special master to oversee a review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this month was "unnecessary" and would impede the government's investigation into the president's handling of classified documents, along with an ongoing national security risk assessment. In a lengthy rejoinder to Trump's request for an independent screener, prosecutors also refuted claims that the former president had cooperated with authorities in the months leading to the unprecedented Aug. 8 search. Included in the Justice filing was a photograph, showing how investigators found top secret records, some of them designated at the highest classifications in government, strewn about a carpeted storage room, next to a box of magazines. For more on this developing story, click on the link in our bio. 📸: @thejusticedept via @apnews; @usatodaypolitics graphic