rejecting a special master. a filing that included this, a striking photo of highly classified documents found at mar-a-lago. among trump s arguments, an admission that there were classified documents there. but that was to be expected among presidential records. no big deal. and should not have triggered an fbi search. joining us now, legal analyst loni coombs. so nice to see you. thanks for getting up our staying up late for us. so lawyers for the former president, they are,ing that it is the justice department that is unchecked and that these highly classified documents stashed away at the president s resort are no big deal? yeah, this is a really interesting reply brief. it was supposed to be a reply to all of the very strong arguments that were made by the department of justice in their response to this request for a special master. but instead it really read more like a pr statement, you know, going after the fbi and the doj as usual saying that they are unchecked and
this is from the indictment. yep. trump told individuals the plan was highly confidential and secret. trump also said, as president, i could have declassified it, but now i can t. but this is still a secret. what s your reaction to seeing that trump allegedly did this? well, right there with hunter biden. that don t mean nothing because i don t trust the doj. i do not trust the fbi. i hate to say it. y all have to come out with more info. anything that s in here at this point doesn t matter to you? i will listen to it. i will not make a decision on any of it until i ve heard a lot more. reporter: lee haines isn t alone either. many of trump supporters we spoke to pointed to a lengthy investigation into hunter biden s finances, which remains ongoing, to hillary clinton active with criminal intent, and described as careless handling of classified information, to
future rate hikes are still likely. and donald trump s indictment in the mar-a-lago documents case doesn t seem to be cutting in to support. omar jimenez has reaction. it is not fair. i m all about being fair. reporter: in this republican part of new hampshire, a 37 count indictment doesn t change much for some trump supporters. this is from the indictment. yep, trump told the individuals that the plan was highly confidential and secret, trump said as president i could have classified it and now i can t. but this is still a secret. what is your reaction to seeing that trump allegedly did this? well, it is right there with hunter biden. that don t mean nothing because i don t trust the doj, i don t trust the fbi. i hate to say it. but y all need to come out with more info. so anything in here doesn t
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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