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
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
from the very beginning, it was secret, and only in the second administration to do trust me enough to say, you put them away. he had hit the ministry sock drawer in the closet in the bedroom. well. when judicial watch found out about the tapes, they filed a lawsuit to get them. they said, these are official presidential records and we should have access to them like any other presidential record. the national archives and records administration, norah, countered that former president clinton had decided these tapes where his personal property. there were a personal record he made for himself. and kept us locked. or the archives weren t gonna demand that he had them over. judicial watch lost the case. the court ruled that bill clinton was within his rights to the side that is socked or tapes or personal records. based on that ruling, donald trump is claiming that he has the right to declare that all these classified documents he s hidden away at his beach club are as personal records
about the tapes, they filed a lawsuit to get them. they said, these are official presidential records and we should have access to them like any other presidential record. the national archives and records administration, norah, countered that former president clinton had decided these tapes where his personal property. there were a personal record he made for himself. and kept us locked. or the archives weren t gonna demand that he had them over. judicial watch lost the case. the court ruled that bill clinton was within his rights to the side that is socked or tapes or personal records. based on that ruling, donald trump is claiming that he has the right to declare that all these classified documents he s hidden away at his beach club are as personal records because he set. so i m not a lawyer, but i would say there are a number of problems here. chief among them, they would seem to be some obvious differences between some tape recordings he made a face-off,
documents, and now filing today, trump s team keeps referencing a case from year 2012. the kind of premise their entire defense on it. this case from 2012, they, say proves that all those documents the fbi seized at mar-a-lago where trump s personal property and they never should have been taken from him in the first place. that s 2012 case is called judicial watch versus the national archives and records administration. if you re thinking, to just watch? haven t i heard of them? oh boy, have you. joshua watch as a right-wing legal organization best known for flooding democratic administrations with ridiculous lawsuits. they filed 20 lawsuits over hillary clinton s emails, they filed lawsuits against government claim that scientists accusing them of fraud science, they ve pushed every pro trump voter fraud conspiracy you can imagine. their founder just had his law license suspended in washington,