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
court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and judge raymond dearie. gary is a senior judge in the eastern district of new york.eis brooklyn is his turf. two hours after trump s team cast out on the government s assertion that these documents are classified, again, ca reportedly classified, with air quotes.encl yes, like this very clearly marked documents you see right now on your screen. reportedly classified. the special master, again, and pick by trump, especially says, i m inclined to think they are indeed classified. before i read this quote, quick classical lesson here. you should know that prima flashy evidence means on the hy face of it. here is judge jerry on these documents, speaking to trump s attorneys. the government, of course, once the classified documents off thh table for the moment at least. and i understand that. we re dealing with presumably highly sensitive information. if i m going t
implicit declassification that he was, if you will, so cavalier and careless in the way he handled documents in the white house, and perhaps even down at mar-a-lago, that he took things up to the lake lincoln bedroom, he left them strewn around the east wing of the white house, he took them down to mar-a-lago and left them strewn around their. and this was somehow implicitly declassified. i think that s the broadest trump argument. maybe they think they can level that somewhere and get some traction for it, but the judge said in this proceeding, it s not a criminal case where the government has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. the burdens on trump s lawyers to prove that this stuff wasn t classified if that is indeed a critical issue that stunt contention in this case. until then, unless they do, that he s gonna presume they are classified. i thought was really interesting. a, he s not gonna let them have access to the documents as they desperately want, and be, he himself doesn
it is, you can t have your cake and eat it. trump s attorney, james trusty, responded, sure. i just. it obviously, the court is gonna want evidence, not just pure argument. you can say that again. trump s attorney then pressed the judge on obtaining a proper security clearance, so team trump can view these purportedly, or pretty decidedly, classified documents. let us say that did not go so well. who s trump attorney jim trusty again. quote, we would appreciate some help from the court kind of pushing that along where we might be able to get people cleared and away where it doesn t slow anything down, and doesn t unnecessarily hand string us if we review these documents. special master diary responded, quote, let s not belittled the fact that we are dealing with at least potentially legitimately classified information. jury continued, the government has a very strong obligation, as all of us, to see to it that that information does not get in the wrong hands. it s not just a matter, it