support the will of the american people and keep a delusional, egocentric megalomaniac in power. for some trump loyalists who continue to believe and spread the big lie, the 2020 elections have never ended. unfortunately for them, the justice department has a very active investigation ongoing. it regards donald trump s coup, and in recent weeks, the justice department has issued about 40 subpoenas to current and former trump associates, ranging from low level aides to high ranking senior members of the trump administration. they are seeking a vast trove of information, including communications among more than 100 people, suggesting that the doj is conducting a massive and intensifying criminal investigation. that investigation isn t just about one thing, either. rather, it s about a complex web of transgressions, including criminal activity involving the multitude of people. it involves the fake elector scheme to deny the joe biden won the election and half a dozen states. it
analyst, julia cayenne. good evening. sarah, bad news for the doj tonight. the judge, rejecting their request to continue the premiere lobe into classified documents while the review plays out. what more do you know? that s right. the judge, basically, set, one, i won t take the government on face value that these documents are classified. she wants a special master to review them. to, she says, she doesn t think it will cause irreparable harm for the justice department to press pause on their ability to review these documents. she said, you can still go forward with parts of their investigation. if you want to talk to witnesses about how these documents were moved, or storage, you can do that. when it comes to reviewing the documents, forensic may be presenting them before a grand jury, which is a helpful thing to do when you re in the middle of a criminal investigation. you can t do anything like that. she does say, they can brief congress, so, we are waiting to see if th
go have a listen. the a listen. the news news continues continues. it s time i m gonna handed over to don lemon tonight. to head it over to don lemon tonight. this is don lemon tonight, and now we know. big developments. big developments in the mar-a-lago investigation special master named and the clock is ticking for him to finish his review of potentially privileged documents, his name is raymond dairy. he has a i probably don t have to tell you is after the midterms, splitting the difference, the difference between the doj which wanted him to finish up in october and team trump which preferred 90 days. that is a federal judge rejecting the justice department s bid to restart the investigation into the classified documents. which makes all but certain the doj will appeal. we could go all the way to the supreme court, lots more to come on the investigation. plus, you are tired, your hollowed massive, it s the wretched refuse of your team inshore. sydney s tempest tossed
implicate will be a time consuming task for him. he did a seven year stint on the he is someone used to doing with these kinds of sensitive materials. . he was a person performed by the trump team and the only person that the justice department also agreed on, so this is the only name that both sides are in agreement over being the special master in this. jennifer, in the judges order tonight, she is raising doubts about whether all the documents are classified are actually classified. you say the judges reasoning so, do you think that does she have reason to suggest that this is indefensible. is up for debate whether they re ossified or not? well, that is what, you said don, with nothing behind, it she got one from the government that talks about the classified documents, and how they will be irreparably harmed if they cannot be utilized the. she did not get any evidence from the trump team all socially has one piece of evidence and that is all she has to rule on an
next week, in additional hearings, additional information that this january six committee is going to give out to the american people before we head into those midterm elections. joyce, i want to briefly, before we, go talk about the appointment of the special master, raymond theory. there are some who have commented on the fact that this is probably a trump-esque delay tactic. you have drug reviews on this. you are talking to saying this is actually a very bad idea that judge aileen cannon has allowed disappointment. so, judge dearie is a fine man of the great reputation. if there s going to be a special master, he seems to be well qualified. the problem is the appointments of a special master at all. judge cannon said something i thought was pretty ironic in her ruling. she said that she needed to have a neutral third party involved to decide whether documents that the governor has ceased that were clearly marked