wanted to order the doj to prosecute his enemies. hillary clinton and james comey. that of course failed fantastically what his white house counsel refused the request. so, once out of office trump took matters in his own hand. in march, trump sued hillary clinton, the democratic national committee, james comey and a whole host of other characters. accusing them of being part of a conspiracy against him. in what he refers to as the trump russia conspiracy. this is all circa 2016. all of these people, according to, trump made up evidence against him in an attempt to deny him to russia hillary clinton and her, quo cohorts, orchestrated in unthinkable plot. trump sought $24 million in damages. that s not an insignificant amount of money. and he chose to file that lawsuit roughly 70 miles from his palm beach home, because the judge presiding in that jurisdiction just so happen to be his appointee. that judge whom we all come to know very well over the past few weeks, of course,
the most monumental and frankly consequential trials of our time. trump, as we all know well, got a ruling in his favor this week for a special master to review the seized documents at mar-a-lago. and he has expressed his great happiness at this outcome, and with judge can. in writing on his social media website, quote remember,, it takes courage and guts to fight a totally corrupt department of quote, justice, and the fbi. you can see why donald trump likes to file lawsuits in judge cannons district. the doj, meanwhile, in an attempt to continue their work on the criminal investigation and intelligence review of those classified documents, the justice department basically said to judge cannon last night, hey, we are going to appeal your ruling. but in the meantime, can you at least now back one part of it and exempt those 100 or so classified documents from the special master review? everything else can go ahead. but let the fbi continue its work by examining the classified documents.
11,000 seized records from his florida beach club. over 11,000 records that include top secret and classified documents and empty folders. moments ago, the justice department and team trump jointly filed armored motion concerning that special master. judge aileen cannon asked that decides to come together to suggest a list of people to potentially be that special master. and to no one s surprise, the two sides do not agree. this literally just in, hot off the presses. the justice department puts forth to former federal judges, the honor of barbara as jones, and thomas griffith. interestingly enough, they were both appointed by republican presidents, and barbara jones was a special master in the michael cohen and rudy giuliani investigation. meanwhile, team trump has put forth the honor raymond thierry and paul hawk jr.. a reminder, the final decision, if there is a special master, and that is a gigantic if here, because the doj is in the midst of fighting a special master
but i think is real meat on the bond with mar-a-lago investigation. the justice department is being transparent with. i think there s an opportunity for people to get confidence in our system. and i hope that will happen. i like the glass half full vision of our. this john fishwick former u.s. attorney for the western district of virginia. we may be coming back to you later in this hour if we get that filing about the special master. that would be great. okay, there is much more to come this friday night. chief king charles addresses subject for the first time today. and not just those in the uk. but those in the many commonwealth countries where he is also the king. that relationship is making a lot of people uneasy, it might be about the change. plus, new details tonight about how involved ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court clarence thomas, how involved she was in the fight to overturn roe v. wade. stay with us. stay with us stay with us for people living with h-i-v, keep
seized from trump s beach club. we have important national security and criminal investigative work to do here. so let us, judge cannon, at least review those classified documents. judge cannon responded late last night by throwing the ball to donald trump. she told team trump to tell her how they feel about the doj s request by monday. well, we know how he feels. he filed a lawsuit in the first place asking for all of the seized records to be reviewed by a special master. i mean, the justice department even wrote in the filing yesterday the team trump oppose this motion. but unlike judge middle brooks in the clinton lawsuit, judge cannon is giving trump a chance to and that exactly sure, perhaps re-air his grievances and buy more time. you can see why donald trump likes to file lawsuits in judge cannons district. the justice department has asked judge can into rule on their request by next thursday. in the meantime, we are waiting for a joint filing that s due