to school for the first time since the shooting massacre. still fearful and anxious despite new moves to try to help them feel safe. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, as the search for a special master begins, the decision to give former president trump what he wanted is under fire. the former trump attorney general bill barr declaring the judge s opinion is wrong and deeply flawed, once again contradicting his ex-boss. cnn s sara murray is following all the new twists in the legal fight over the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. reporter: tonight donald trump s own former attorney general is urging the justice department to appeal. the opinion i think was wrong, and i think the government should appeal it. i don t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up. reporter: a judge has put on hold the justice department s review of documents and othe
cannon made regarding the mar-a-lago search. she told d.o.j. she would not honor the request to get access to the 100 classified documents so it could continue its investigation. which it says has national security implications. the court does not find it appropriate to accept the government s conclusions on these important and disputed issues without further review by a neutral third party. and that there are ongoing factual and legal disputes. she also cited media links as part of her basis for rejecting d.o.j. s request. now if you re asking, with the ongoing and factual legal disputes, we will discuss that. a special master was appointed, raymond dearie, a former chief judge of the eastern district of new york and the only candidate that the sides agreed on. who is he? and why would both sides want him? and joins me is julie ainsley who is covering the justice department, national reporter for the washington post, carol leonig, executive ron line director for the new yo
in this deadly stabbing spree across canada is found dead tonight. but now the search intensifies for his brother, wanted for his alleged role in killing ten and injuring 18 others. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m poppy harlow in tonight for erin burnett. tonight, the justice department is plotting its next move after a federal judge sides with donald trump. the former president allowed to use a special master to sift through the more than 11,000 items and documents that the fbi seized from his mar-a-lago home. you ll remember last month. this decision comes despite the doj arguing that it had already completed a review of potentially privileged documents. judge eileen canon, who was apointed by trump, citing several reasons for making this decision. writing that it will, quote, insure that at least the appearance of fairness and integrity under these extraordinary circumstances, she also cited what she calls, quote, swirli
master to review the materials including classified and top secret government documents that the fbi seized from trump s mar-a-lago resort. trump s lawyers and justice department prosecutors now have until friday to submit a list of potential candidates to be named as that special master. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. just walk us through the ruling. what will this special master now do? alisyn, the special master that the judge says needs to be appointed is going to be responsible for looking at everything, everything that was taken from the search of mar-a-lago that happened a month ago. one of the things she talks about in her ruling, she says that essentially this person, this special master that the justice department and the trump team need to come together and find this person, is going to be essentially looking at all of the things while the justice department is going to have to pause its investigation, essentially, not being able to u
the justice department is considering its next steps after a federal judge today granted former president trump s request for that independent special master. judge aileen cannon who trump nominated to the bench said a third party is needed to review the items that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago. the doj is looking into whether the former president improperly kept classified and top secret documents at his florida estate. joins me now is cnn s sara murray and cara skinnal. walk us through the ruling? she s cited a number of reasons for why she feels the special master is necessary. she said there are swirling allegations of bias and media leaks and pointed to trump s individual interest in and need for this seized property and pointed to two instances where the investigative team was exposed to material that was later deemed potentially privileged so essentially saying we need more than just the filter team in place to ensure that the former president s rights are being pro