that the district attorney likely errored in exercising its jurisdiction to enjoin the u.s. use of the classified records in its criminal investigation. we agree. and there s more. the three-judge panel tears to shreds the arguments that trump and his lawyers have been making in public and in the court of law, that the records belong to him, or that somehow, at some unknown and unstated point in time, that he declassified the documents. also, from the ruling, quote, plaintiff, meaning donald trump, has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents. the plaintiff suggests that he may have declassified these documents when he was president. but the record contains no evidence that any of these records were declassified. in any event, at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring, because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal. so even if we
i d scalp. it no i wouldn t i would literally use it because what an extraordinary hearing, i want to return to normalcy to see here a judge say, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a substack s right? it can t be declassified if you re not arguing it s declassified. i just got so many aspects of what transpired are worthy of analysis of discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be heading in all of this. and we re gonna have that discussion because what i would do with that ticket is give it to andrew weissmann, but andrew weissmann doesn t need my help because he was actually there. he used to work in that courthouse. he s gonna be with us leading off tonight, and so we have the guy in the room, the guy i want in the room for the sessions. but there s two tickets, i want the other ticket. i desperately want to be there. thank you. alex you are in good hands lawr
we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. good evening, alex. imagine you have a ticket they don t actually have tickets. but imagine you have that to get to that brooklyn courtroom courtroom today, where draymond dearly held his first special master session in the case of donald j trump versus united states of america. what would you do with your one seat for that courtroom? i d scalp. it no, i wouldn t. i would eagerly use it, because what an extraordinary hearing, elsewhere return to normalcy, to hear adjudged say, no, no. this case, you guys have not been arguing very well. that s a subtext, right? it can be classified campy declassified if you are not obviously classified. i just got so many aspects of what transparent in that courtroom where they ve analysis and discussion, because there was a lot packed in there, and we re getting great indication of where the special master may be headin
i think another 999 in the cast of thousands, and there s one reason why it hope it s not the last hearing. i really enjoy that hearing coverage with you on the nights after they ve had one of these hearings so i m looking for the more than just wednesday night thank you for saying that, i feel a little bit guilty, in saying that, but there are very few nights, the collection of some debate some things of that, for all of us get to be together like in the same dugout, you know what i mean? instead of just hosting our individual hours, i find it so rewarding, so interesting, i find it super intellectually stimulating i really, really like, it some looking forward to. it will get to watch me learn stuff on tv, when i m listening to everybody else speaking, because everybody captures something. everybody there, will grab something that i didn t, grabbed or agency that, way i hadn t framed that way, or wasn t taking notes fast enough. so it s informative, it s been informat
supremacist violence is the greatest domestic troor threat today. speaking of threats, former president trump took an ominous term when asked what happened if he is indicted for mishandling classified documents. and a marathon negotiation session prevented a rail strike. it left some of those workers wondering what exactly they have gained from the deal. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this friday. september 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a federal judge has appointed a special master, or third party, to review the documents that the fbi seized from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and club in palm beach, florida. judge cannon named raymond deery as the special master. he is a senior u.s. district judge for the eastern district of new york. trump s attorney s proposed him and the other side submitted they re professional. judge cannon specifically laid out the special masters duties including a privileged revie