ones that have classified markings. if you want me to order that these documents be returned to you, you re going to have to come back with some kind of evidence to support your position. you know, this isn t a criminal case where the government bears the burden of proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. it s a civil case, brought by trump. he has to show by the preponderance of evidence that he s entitled to relief. judge deary s point was, you have brought forward no evidence, no affidavits, no statements that say that the former president declassified anything, so judge deary strongly implied that the trump forces were going to be defeated. and that s the rule of law in action. it was a reassuring day for folks who believe in the rule of law. joyce, there are so many stories swirling around about trump and various criminal cases. you ve got the tax fraud case in new york state, and you know, certainly, the classified documents have been at the forefront of discussion. what do yo
justice department said that they could hand over all the nonclassified documents in their proper format to be reviewed. so, joyce, what do you make of what the special master has sort of put out there, not making a ruling or anything like that, but certainly, it appears the trump attorneys were a little taken aback by what he s interested in. so, as a lawyer, i found this to be profoundly satisfying. judge deary did what judges are supposed to do, but what somehow seems to never happen when the former president is involved. he simply applied the facts and the law, and in essence, this is what he said to trump s lawyers, and it s remarkable, mika, i think you re right to say that they found it startling. they re not used to this sort of treatment in a courtroom. but the judge said, you brought the lawsuit, you bear the burden of proof. the government has made out a prima facie case that these documents are classified, the
the police has denied mistreating her and says that she died of a heart attack. they also released a cctv video showing the moment amini collapsed, but her family says she had no history of heart trouble. iran s president has ordered an investigation into her death. now, to the first special master hearing regarding the documents seized by the fbi from former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and club. judge raymond deary pressed trump s attorneys to quickly provide more answers about whether or not trump declassified the documents marked top secret, whether he declassified them himself. he appeared skeptical about trump s claim that he had declassified the more than 100 highly sensitive documents in question. the ones found at mar-a-lago. judge deary also signaled that he intends to move quickly through the review process of the documents, telling attorneys for both trump and the doj that
neil: trump and his legal team have the approval for the special master, somebody did go to the documents that were taken from the former presidents florida home on august 8 that s a lot of material to wade through better than 300 are classified top secret dealing with more than 11000 documents. the issue is being debated and now officially appeal but the justice department, they don t think this is necessary, nevertheless a special master wants to be with both parties as soon as next week. first david spunt someone to set the stage. hi, the special master in this case federal judge raymond deary has his work cut out for him over the coming weeks and months he will go through thousands of documents north of 11000 documents seized from mar-a-lago, judge deary has
senior status on the eastern district of new york federal court he was suggested by the trump legal team to serve as special master a neutral person that will look at evidence and decide if some should potentially be returned to the former president, as deary does is work going through thousands of pages of documents, attorney general merrick garland in his department of justice team are appealing to the 11th circuit court of appeals in atlanta, the reason the district judge in this trump case aileen cannon told federal prosecutors on thursday she would not reverse her previous order that told d.o.j. to stop using roughly 100 classified documents taken from mar-a-lago until deary is done with investigation. d.o.j. argues time is ticking when this is all about national security, the d.o.j. appealed to the 11th circuit is risky, the reason six of the 11 judges on the court are trump appointees, new fox news poll out this week showed by a 39-point margin that