breaking news, new reporting on the trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces on the hunt for russian commanders to corner and kill. and later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable, simply remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president, one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. quote, one of donald trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. he joins us on the telephone now. josh, walk us through this reporting. one of the president s attorneys wanted to turn down the temperature, went to the former president
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
one of trump s loudest defenses following the has been a chest pounding declaration that he it doesn t matter that they wound up there. he said that, quote, everything was declassified. but so far, that argument has been noticeably absent from any declaration by trump s lawyers in court. this morning, in a legal filing, trump s attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. furthermore, they are insisting 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 if these papers are really classified. over and over again in their 40 page filing the 100 classified documents identified by the doj, the justice department, or referred to by trump s legal team as, quote, purportedly classified. yes, that s classified in quotes. a little over two hours after that sharply worded filing, trump s attorneys in the justice department appeared in federal court in b
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