acknowledging he took those documents and claiming he had every right to take them. under the presidential records act, which is civil, not criminal, i had every right to have these documents. in other words, whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the right to do so. it s an absolute right. this is the law. independent legal experts say that s not true. it could hurt him at a trial. is he betting on an election victory for republicans and getting the case dropped? i will speak to former top cia attorney jeff smith about the legal strategy. are more republican politicians, including some rivals, now willing to criticize donald trump s handling of national secrets? the handling of classified materials is a very serious matter. i had a chance to review the indictment over the weekend. this indictment contains serious charges. i can t defend what is alleged. the former president has a right to his day in court. i know he pled not guilty. i will
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head to pittsburgh this afternoon, part of his labor day campaign blitz with just a few months ahead of the november midterms. joining me now for more on the breaking news, ryan riley, kelly o donnell, and joining us david henderson, as well. ryan, first to you. you ve now had an hour you have given him an hour to look through this. let s talk about what you have learned as we ve all been speed reading this report of this judge s order which came out about an hour ago. ryan? that s right. one of the citations here is they mentioned rudy giuliani as a special master and the idea of having someone look over the questions of executive privilege, and that was back in april of 2021. but that was a much more sort of limited circumstance, because that was first of all, giuliani wasn t an attorney, so looking over his materials was much more complex, because he had to protect all the materials of talking with his client, so the fbi search this could be a particularly cumberso
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no. there were some event celebration occurring in the madison area. [ inaudible question ]. he planned this for several weeks for the highland park shooting. any last questions? folks, this is probably going to conclude our formal press briefings on this matter. if there is breaking news or anything major that does develop, we will call a press conference. otherwise, i would not anticipate major press briefings like this. investigators have months to go continuing their investigation into this. we ll be collaborating very closely with the state s attorney s office. they ll be collaborating with their federal partners. we ll be collaborating with our federal partners. any specific questions, please reach out directly. [ inaudible question ] he s being classified now. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. you are watching the prosecutor walking away after delivering breaking developments on that fourth of july parade massacre in highland park