Opposing trumps request for a Special Master to review all the materials seized by the fbi. The Department Reports it has now recovered more than 320 classified documents from maralago. Prosecutors say, some documents or likely concealed or removed from storage in an effort to obstruct their investigation. The Court Filing Cast Serious doubts on a statement by trumps attorney that all classified material had been returned. The Justice Department also argues that trump lacks legal standing to request a Special Masters, since the documents belong to the government, not to him. The court filing came with this Photo Showing documents taken by the fbi from trumps office. More now from cnns sara mine. The Justice Department weighing in with the good side of the story of whats happened in the run up and in the aftermath of the search at maralago. This is all part of the Court Battle Playing Out over whether there should be a Special Master, an independent third party appointed to review the d
greater interest? as you said, the doj has a strong interest in getting access to these documents right away, because they need to resume their criminal investigation. the federal government, in general, needs to say that they re in danger. spies, intelligence assets, that kind of thing. on the flip side, the court says, donald trump has no possessory interest in these records. what this means, is then the doj right now. they would have to return to the special master, and they were, privileged and a pack in the doj s hands anyway, so now, the doj has a more quickly. hold on to the, stormy grab it. i thought that this was going to be happening with those documents. everyone is going to have a chance to look at them, and obviously a break, and put national security at risk. i thought that is what was going to happen with those documents. that was what was going to happen until we got this ruling. now, the classified documents, a 100 documents out of 11,000 or so, there is
they got him. and got more including the deadline from the review well past. today having gotten what they wanted they were called onto do something they ve notably not done in any court filing or proceedings so far, namely back up what their clients and allies are suggesting saying these documents were declassified. for the government s part today they signaled their willingness to take this all the way to the supreme court. jessica schneider starts us off and joins us now. let s talk about what the trump legal team told the special master. yeah, well what s interesting is their response to that ultimatum from the special master where he said he might have no choice but to accept the government s claims that 100 of those documents are classified, if trump s team doesn t step windup the proof that the former president declassified them. and that s really something that trump s legal team has resisted repeatedly asserting both in person in court and in legal filings. so, you
response to that ultimatum from the special master. when he said he might have no choice but to accept the government s claims that 100 of those documents are classified, if trump s team doesn t step up with the proof that the former president declassified them. and that s really something that trump s legal team has resisted repeatedly asserting both in person and in court and in legal filings. so we saw a filing last night and they said that they might have to save any evidence of declassification to use it as a defense if trump is indicted, and then today in court, trump s attorney jim trusty, he said that the legal team, they haven t seen the documents yet so they can t fully address the declassification issue. so really, they are dodging this question at every turn and really anderson, they have gotten themselves into someone of thorny situation here. the special master is saying he needs proof or else he will believe of the government. in a separate related but in it
right now on andrea mitchell reports, the white house on defense as republican house members escalate their demands about those classified documents found at president biden s former office and home. biden officials try to contain the damage. [ many speaking at once ] still not answering questions. the battle over the debt ceiling. opening rounds in what could become a global economic meltdown if the u.s. fails to pay its debts. republican congressman george santos mysterious background now includes possible ties to wealthy russians, adding to the legal and ethical questions swirling around the freshman as calls for him to resign mount. we will talk to one of the reporters on the case. good day. i m andra mitchell in washington. the white house is not answering questions about the classified documents from mr. biden s tenure as vice president now that a special council has been appointed to investigate. it s a gift for the new house republican majority. trying to ign