intention but he knows that the possibility and they will say that he doesn t seem to be all that concerned about it. then a, course races attack against elaine chao but we don t give it any breath honestly. considering the words that he put out there. let s talk about the legal troubles ahead for the former president. specifically what the doj is saying now. filing with the 11th circuit saying let s put it and all together in a special master review. political noting this that peter, doj fishes including counterintelligence chief jay brat wrote in the filing with the atlanta-based circuit court of appeals, a record is not marked as classified and may also constitute avalanche of potential obstruction and concealment or removal of government records. considering how the 11th circuit has decided before in favor or four i should say the department of justice. allowing them access to the 100 classified records that they wanted. how do we expect them to rule
donald trump wanted her to do. today, finally, hearing directly from jay brat, chief of the counterintelligence and export control section of the justice department s national security division, judged alien mercedes cannon was more restrained in her statements, and reserved judgment on the question of a special master. saying that she would issue a written opinion, and order, quote, in due course. which is can theoretically mean in the next minute or two, or next week, or anything in between. special master s have been used in criminal investigations involving the seizure of evidence that could include evidence protected by the attorney client privilege. federal prosecutors have said that they have already sorted out those documents, which they
department as allowing investigators to come to his home and provide security advice. that is after that june 3rd meeting, where jay brat, the top justice department official leading this investigation, and other investigators went to mar-a-lago, they met with trump s, attorneys they went to the storage room were boxes of doctors are being held. they, according to the justice department, were not allowed to look inside these boxes. they were explicitly prohibited from doing so. but i also followed up, asking trump s attorneys in a letter to further secure the room. they did not explicitly say put a padlock on the door, but they said until you hear from us again, until further notice, basically, further secure the room. because they were worried about who could get access to that room. trump s team took that is attractive to put a padlock on the door. you know, providing, coming to this and providing security advice, which is how trump s team is describing that june 3rd meeting is not t
announcement today, she will be making an announcement in what she calls in to you time. jay brat, arguing for the government, he told judge cannon that former president trump does not have an interest in classified presidential records and is unlawful possession of the records. judge cannon seemed skeptical of the government s argument at times. she said what is the harm of appointing a special master? what is your articulation of harm other than the general concern other than it would delay a criminal investigation? we re told from inside the courtroom she floated the idea of letting the director of national intelligence, avril haynes continue while halting the criminal investigation for a time and letting the special master review these documents. the bottom line, a special master, martha, could be a retired judge, could be a local attorney, someone not directly related to the case. even though the justice
mar-a-largo. so judge cannon today heard arguments from both sides of the court. we know that she seems sympathetic according to those inside the courtroom, to the trump team s argument. she said at one point what is the harm of appointing a special master? what is your articulation of harm other than the general concern other than it would delay a criminal investigation? she floated the idea of letting avril haynes look at the documents while halting the criminal investigation for a specific period of time and let the special master continue its rules. jay brat, a government attorney, federal prosecutor, works in counter intelligence up at doj head quarters in washington, he argued that the former president does not have an interest in classified presidential records and is in unlawful possession of the records. so right now we wait to see if