the justice department is considering its next steps after a federal judge today granted former president trump s request for that independent special master. judge aileen cannon who trump nominated to the bench said a third party is needed to review the items that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago. the doj is looking into whether the former president improperly kept classified and top secret documents at his florida estate. joins me now is cnn s sara murray and cara skinnal. walk us through the ruling? she s cited a number of reasons for why she feels the special master is necessary. she said there are swirling allegations of bias and media leaks and pointed to trump s individual interest in and need for this seized property and pointed to two instances where the investigative team was exposed to material that was later deemed potentially privileged so essentially saying we need more than just the filter team in place to ensure that the former president s rights are being pro
mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with ump from, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors from some states joe biden won. that s according to two people familiar with the matter, both spoke anonymously. prosecutors asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. some of the questions focused directly on the extent of trump s involvement in this fake electorate effort led by outside lawyers including eastman and rudy giuliani and yet another sign of just how far the doj probe has advanced, the post is also reporting that prosecutors have their hands on the phone records of some key trump officials and aides including those of former white house chief of staff mark meadows. of
at the premiere in london s leicester square. so, i m here at the european premiere for emancipation. well, i am pleased to say the star of the film, will smith, joins us now. will. sir! what is the deal? how are you doing, man? i m good. so, you this is a true story and you play patrick, a runaway slave. tell us a little bit more about the film. well, you know, actually, it s the picture was called whipped peter. it actually has a direct connection to great britain it was the first place that the picture appeared, and, you know, great britain potentially would have entered the war on the side of the south but the image of whipped peter being plastered all over british newspapers, there was an outcry that was a big part of the end of the american slave trade. and the film, you know, the subject s subject matter slavery, hope, families, you know, survival. how do you prepare for a role like that? uh, yeah, you really don t. chuckles. it was gruelling, man. it was clearly the
plastered all over british newspapers, there was an outcry that was a big part of the end of the american slave trade. and the film, you know, the subject s subject matter slavery, hope, families, you know, survival. how do you prepare for a role like that? uh, yeah, you really don t. chuckles. it was gruelling, man. it was clearly the most difficult film that i have ever worked on and, you know, the heat out in the swamps we wanted to shoot in a lot of the actual locations and, you know, just the depiction of human cruelty, you know, it wears on your psyche, and it was difficult for all of us but, you know, i feel that when people get into the movie theatre, they re gonna see something special. and then, will, this is your first film, isn t it, since the oscars, you know, since the chris rock incident. and are you afraid or afraid that some of the fans
it s the picture was called whipped peter. it actually has a direct connection to great britain it was the first place that the picture appeared, and, you know, great britain potentially would have entered the war on the side of the south but the image of whipped peter being plastered all over british newspapers, there was an outcry that was a big part of the end of the american slave trade. and the film, you know, the subject s subject matter slavery, hope, families, you know, survival. how do you prepare for a role like that? uh, yeah, you really don t. chuckles. it was gruelling, man. it was clearly the most difficult film that i have ever worked on and, you know, the heat out in the swamps we wanted to shoot in a lot of the actual locations and, you know, just the depiction of human cruelty, you know, it wears on your psyche, and it was difficult for all of us but, you know, i feel that when people get into the movie theatre, they re