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
fraud, insurance fraud, and similar issues that she s been advertising for sometime. sounds like being the operative face. we don t know this is gonna be an announcement about trump, but the fact that her office rejected a settlement deal in the recent weeks, the wheels of justice i ve been spending with greater ferocity in recent months. perhaps this is the much awaited conclusion to a high profile investigation. josh christine, senior legal affairs reporter at politico, great to see. great to see. we have much more ahead this hour. president biden is in new york city tonight and the white house press secretary, karine jean-pierre, is gonna join me right here on set in just a few minutes. but next, trump s legal team cited the 2012 federal court ruling to argue the documents sir seized during the mar-a-lago search should be deemed personal items. the 25 case involved audio recordings kept in former president clinton s sock drawer. no, really. former president clinton s sock dr
these folks as a political pawn, as a political game. look, we ve always been ready on day one. the president said he put forward his immigration legislation, and comprehensive piece of legislation, and he said let s figure out how we fix this broken system. but instead, that s not what they want to do. they don t want to vote for historic amount of funds that would go to dhs to deal with this issue. they don t want to work on real solutions. so we re gonna call that out, alex. i understand that. this is clearly political gamesmanship, if you will. and it s not incumbent on the person who s not playing that game to call them. it shows that joe biden is the kind of president you think i mean, this is a kind of president he proposed himself to be as a candidate. who would say, cut it out. whether that would make any difference to governor abbott and ron desantis is an open question. it might not.