than 300 classified documents were found at mar-a-lago since trump left office, and not all of them in that unsecured storage room. the doj says three classified documents were found in trump s desk drawer. and as one former top fbi official put it, the new information obliterates claims that trump and his lawyers have been cooperating and negotiating in good faith to return the records. the doj response raises the stakes for the courtroom tomorrow. a judge holds a hearing on whether to appoint the special master, neutral third party to oversee the handling of the seized documents. the justice department opposes it and says a special master is unnecessary, and would significantly harm important governmental interesting, including national security interests. in the filing, the justice department also released this photo of some of the evidence found in the august search. you see the documents here to spread out on the floor by the fbi with some of the highest classifica
of trying to on jukt its mar-a-lago investigation. a key member of the january 6th committee weighs in. and we re also following the dire situation in jackson, mississippi, where 150,000 people are without a safe water supply for a third straight day. will an emergency pump finally bring them relief? and americans could be just days away from getting the first updated covid booster shots. the fda is green lighting tweaks to the vaccine so it can better target the omicron variant. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the legal drama in the mar-a-lago investigation. trump s attorneys now have until 8:00 p.m. eastern to respond to the justice department after prosecutors accused the trump team of hiding and removing government documents at his florida home. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. mr. president! reporter:
inequality throughout the state. the afghanistan withdrawal. and what he calls, the threat he faces in november, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and at any moment, the justice department will file its formal response to former president trump s request to have a special master review documents seized from his florida home in mar-a-lago. a third party review and documents could delay the investigation, which is why many are calling trump s move a delay tactic. doj lawyers have until midnight to file the response, so stay tuned. as this investigation heats up, the former guy is also beefing up his legal team. nbc news reporting he s hired former florida solicitor general chris cased, who has won four separate cases before the supreme court. he s expected to appear for the first time as his attorney, during his hearing for the special master. the search of trump s florida home has unleashed attacks, and even so
the campaign trail, touting his administration s accomplishments on gun safety. one topic that didn t come up, the complicated economy. plus, my one-on-one interview with maryland s democratic nominee for governor, westmore, he shared thoughts and inequality throughout the state. the afghanistan withdrawal. and what he calls, the threat he faces in november, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and at any moment, the justice department will file its formal response to former president trump s request to have a special master review documents seized from his florida home in mar-a-lago. a third party review and documents could delay the investigation, which is why many are calling trump s move a delay tactic. doj lawyers have until midnight to file the response, so stay tuned. as this investigation heats up, the former guy is also beefing up his legal team. nbc news reporting he s hired former florida solicitor gen
him while allowing for a dereliction of duty to the american people from joe biden. the wide open border, an economy teetering on recession, foreign policy mistakes putting america in danger. coming up, tennessee senator marsha black burn on the bad policies resulting in bad outcomes for america. then, the 2 million mark has been reached at the southern border. unprecedented and, obviously, intentional as 2 the million illegal migrants are apprehended in the last year on top of the additional nearly 1 million others seen on surveillance cameras getting away. virginia lieutenant governor winsome serious is here on the impact of the open border policy. and then china on the march as joe biden signs into law his inflation tax and spending plan supporting a made in china approach for electric and green products while sending $80 billion to the irs to conduct audits on more americans. florida congressman and decorated afghanistan veteran brian mast on biden s botched afghanistan w