sensitive documents. so it doesn t matter that they were there. he said, quote, everything was declassified. so far, that argument has been noticeably absent for many decoration by trump s lawyers in court. this morning, and a legal filing, trump s attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. for the more, then system that actually, these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump s team is saying, don t trust the doj, because who knows of these papers are really classified. over and over again. the 100 classified documents identified by the doj, the justice department, are afford to buy trump s legal team as, quote, purportedly classified. yes, that s classified in quotes. a little over two hours after that sharply ordered filing, trump s attorneys in the justice department appeared in federal court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and jud
court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and judge raymond dearie. gary is a senior judge in the eastern district of new york.eis brooklyn is his turf. two hours after trump s team cast out on the government s assertion that these documents are classified, again, ca reportedly classified, with air quotes.encl yes, like this very clearly marked documents you see right now on your screen. reportedly classified. the special master, again, and pick by trump, especially says, i m inclined to think they are indeed classified. before i read this quote, quick classical lesson here. you should know that prima flashy evidence means on the hy face of it. here is judge jerry on these documents, speaking to trump s attorneys. the government, of course, once the classified documents off thh table for the moment at least. and i understand that. we re dealing with presumably highly sensitive information. if i m going t
fraud, insurance fraud, and similar issues that she s been advertising for sometime. sounds like being the operative face. we don t know this is gonna be an announcement about trump, but the fact that her office rejected a settlement deal in the recent weeks, the wheels of justice i ve been spending with greater ferocity in recent months. perhaps this is the much awaited conclusion to a high profile investigation. josh christine, senior legal affairs reporter at politico, great to see. great to see. we have much more ahead this hour. president biden is in new york city tonight and the white house press secretary, karine jean-pierre, is gonna join me right here on set in just a few minutes. but next, trump s legal team cited the 2012 federal court ruling to argue the documents sir seized during the mar-a-lago search should be deemed personal items. the 25 case involved audio recordings kept in former president clinton s sock drawer. no, really. former president clinton s sock dr
it is, you can t have your cake and eat it. trump s attorney, james trusty, responded, sure. i just. it obviously, the court is gonna want evidence, not just pure argument. you can say that again. trump s attorney then pressed the judge on obtaining a proper security clearance, so team trump can view these purportedly, or pretty decidedly, classified documents. let us say that did not go so well. who s trump attorney jim trusty again. quote, we would appreciate some help from the court kind of pushing that along where we might be able to get people cleared and away where it doesn t slow anything down, and doesn t unnecessarily hand string us if we review these documents. special master diary responded, quote, let s not belittled the fact that we are dealing with at least potentially legitimately classified information. jury continued, the government has a very strong obligation, as all of us, to see to it that that information does not get in the wrong hands. it s not just a matter, it
from the very beginning, it was secret, and only in the second administration to do trust me enough to say, you put them away. he had hit the ministry sock drawer in the closet in the bedroom. well. when judicial watch found out about the tapes, they filed a lawsuit to get them. they said, these are official presidential records and we should have access to them like any other presidential record. the national archives and records administration, norah, countered that former president clinton had decided these tapes where his personal property. there were a personal record he made for himself. and kept us locked. or the archives weren t gonna demand that he had them over. judicial watch lost the case. the court ruled that bill clinton was within his rights to the side that is socked or tapes or personal records. based on that ruling, donald trump is claiming that he has the right to declare that all these classified documents he s hidden away at his beach club are as personal records