administration, even this administration early on were not willing to put on the table. they are trying to find some way to unlock what they haven t been able to up to this point when it comes to paul whelan. i think one of the things you here from u.s. officials is even though they reject the charges outright paul whelan has, the fact he has been tried for espionage has raised the stakes about what the russians want in return. that is why this ex-fsb official continues to come up. whether or not u.s. officials can find what the russians view as something equal is an open question in part because so much of the frustration here has been the belief that perhaps this official being put up is what the russians want was a stalling tactic for paul whelan. thank you. new video showing some of what brittney griner s days were lining in a russian penal camp. her haircut short. work she was forced to do. rosa flores on griner s condition tonight and the
one thing that has been clear through the process is they are willing to put things on the table that past administrations, even this administration earlier on in president biden s term were not necessarily willing to put on the table, trying to find some way to unlock what they haven t been able to up to this point when it comes to paul whelan. i think one of the things you hear from u.s. officials is even though they reject the charges outright and paul whelan has as well the fact that he has been tried for espionage has raised the stakes to some degree about what the russians want in return. that is why this ex-sfb official continues to come up. whether u.s. officials can find what the russians view as something equal to that is an open question in part because so much of the frustration here has been the belief that perhaps this official being put up is what the russians want was simply a stalling tactic for paul whelan. thanks. there is new video showing some of what brittney
argument from the get-go. what do you make of the strategy to try to appoint a special master? we know that the doj filter team could actually already be done with reviewing any of the material already. is it a stalling tactic? you know, it certainly seems to be that way because, you know, donald trump is known to use stall tactics when it comes to litigation. however special masters are incorporated in cases all the time. it is not that rare to have a special master involved in a case. but in this particular situation, i think the fact that they waited two weeks to request a special master kind of undermines his own request because one of the reasons why people ask for a special master is because there is some sort of urgency, that there will be irreparable harm to the person unless a neutral third party gets their eyes on a document and separates what the government is entitled to and what the government is not entitled to. and this two week delay
ken has been talking about this special master. trump and his team filed a lawsuit to block the department of justice from, quote, further review of seized materials before that special master is appointed. special master is an outside official selected by a judge to carry out a judicial matter on the court s behalf. in that lawsuit filed in the southern district of florida, it requests a more detailed receipt for the property seized from mar-a-lago in the search on august 8th, and asked anything not in the scope of the search warrant be returned. that s what we re talk about when we say special master, katty. yeah, and we ve already had the passports returned. this sounds like a stalling tactic. chuck, can i ask a little more about this issue of intent? as you say, this is key here. a lot of trump supporters are saying, well, this is a former president. he d like to have the souvenirs. so he kept the letter from kim jong-un at home. it was written to him, after all. there is sympath
the international humanitarian law. so when something like this happens, it s very difficult to discern who is telling the truth. but the ukrainians are asking not only the red cross but the united nations to step in and conduct an independent investigation. kim? all right, thanks so much, jason carroll, we appreciate it. the biden administration is accusing russia of bad faith in proposing that a convicted russian murderer be exchanged for paul whelan and brittney griner. cnn has exclusive reporting. the kremlin also wants a prisoner serving a life sentence in germany. the u.s. dismissing the offer as a stalling tactic. here s what jim sciutto was told. reporter: holding two american citizens hostage in exchange for an assassin and a third party country is not a