carley: a federal judge officially appointing a special master to review documents seized at former president trump s mar-a-lago home. todd: brooke singman has the latest. brooke: raymond deary has been tasked as special master to review the documents seized from president trump s mar-a-lago home. deary served from 1986 to 2011 and later served on the foreign intelligence surveillance court. federal judge cannon refused to let the justice department continue review of classified documentss. here ruling stating the court does not find it appropriate to accept the government conclusion on important and disputed issues without further review by a
master to review the evidence. david spunt on this for us live at the justice department. hello, david. hello, sandra, good morning. that judge, the special master is federal judge raymond deary. he has his work cut out for him. he has to go through 11,000 plus documents seized from mar-a-lago on august 8 in this unprecedented case. he has senior status on the eastern district of new york federal court. he was suggested by the trump team to serve as special master and see if some of the documents should be returned to the president. as he goes through thousands of documents attorney general merrick garland and his department of justice are getting ready to appeal to the 11th circuit court of appeals in atlanta, georgia. the reason. the district judge in the trump case, eileen cannon, told federal prosecutors she
oh no. the housewives are on the field. i repeat, the housewives are on the field. i just want to talk! yeah! who flips a table? get your tv together. call 1-800-directv to save up to $120. a federal judge sided with president trump and named a special master to review documents seized from mar-a-lago. senior judge raymond deary will be that independent party and filter through the potentially privileged documents. the judge also rejected the justice department s bid to
northeast, accusing them of, quote, playing politics with human beings. they white house today the president is expected to personally meet for the first time with the families of brittney griner and paul whelan. the biden administration repeatedly saying securing their release from russian custody is top priority for him. let s begin this hour with our colleague katelyn polantz on the appointment of the special master to review the documents. it is a miracle as many pointed out that they agreed on someone, judge deary. i think the treat contentious issue that will lead to this appeal is what doj can and can t do as the special master goes through the stuff, right? right. and there is what this judge is able to do, whether she can or cannot do the things she s already done in this case. so the criminal investigation is paused, that s one thing judge aileen cannon did. the other thing is she has appointed special master judge raymond deary, he is a senior judge, very experienced a
neutral third party in expedited and orderly fashion. some say the appointment of special master underscores lack of trust in the justice department. we have an honor system, you can trust us and the judge said we are not willing to accept your representation, strong statement the judiciary no longer trust the fbi to follow the honor system. brooke: fox news poll reveals 65s % of voters feel it was inappropriate for the former president to take the documents in the first place. the fbi said it recovered documents, including 100 with classified markings. deary will review and segregate do you wants covered by claims of privilege. judge cannon is urging deary to complete review by november 30th. carley: thank you, president biden demanding an end to