the wall had been constructed in if locations barriers previously did not exist. on the 2020 election, john and jeff zeleny were talking about it just before us. donald trump has not changed his position at all in denying the results. even after court challenges against the election results were tossed out by trump appointed judges after the election. what did you see we have one of the many ways he said it in last night in his claims from last night. what do you find here? this is a huge one and one he kept repeating. this is not true. there is no evidence that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen. and trump s own campaign and senior officials found no evidence for his claims of widespread fraud either. biden earned more than 7 million more votes than trump did and
legal experts thought was not warranted and the 11th circuit appeals court, including two trump appointed judges and a third republican judge, republican-appointed judge, slapped her down and said this is ridiculous. we don t have special rules for a former president. criminal intent is not entitled to a special master unless there s evidence that the justice department violated their rights and there was no evidence in this case. we spent a lot of time talking about this. you know what, we did learn some things from that protracted litigation and the appointment of special master. donald trump s lawyers were unwilling to say in court that donald trump had declassified those documents, even though trump had been saying that in public. they were unwilling to make that argument, and we learned that they may try to exert executive privilege over some of these document ifs this case goes to trial, and there didn t seem to be much of a basis for that. it allowed the public to get a better v
what s the sign of fully on the departments case seeking to vacate judge cannon s ruling. saying he d reviewed the filings of this litigation and approves all the arguments, seeking to restore access to the evidence taken from trump s beach home. today, just a short time ago, we got news. federal appeals court, a panel of three judges made up of two trump appointed judges and author john who is a prominent conservative appointed by george w. bush. they resoundingly unanimously agreed with jack smith and the doj. and the overwhelming majority of legal scholars weighed in on this. they wrote quote, this appeal requires us to consider whether the district court had jurisdiction, the power, to block the united states from using lawfully seized records in a criminal investigation. the answer is no. you need a lottery to understand what they re saying, pretty straightforward. the panel vindicated everyone
the ex president. they were helped along by florida federal district judge, aileen cannon. who to the befuddled of all of the legal community, appointed a special master in the case. which kept must have the evidence out of the doj s investigate purview. but you will recall less than two weeks ago, just after the midterms were resolved. merrick garland came forward and publicly announced the appointment of doj prosecutor jack smith, as a new special counsel whose portfolio includes both the sprawling january six investigation, that s being run in d. c.. and the mar-a-lago documents case. among the very first actions that mr. smith check as special counsel. what s the sign of fully on the departments case seeking to vacate judge cannon s ruling. saying he d reviewed the filings of this litigation and approves all the arguments, seeking to restore access to the evidence taken from trump s beach home. today, just a short time ago, we got news. federal appeals court, a panel of three jud
arc of these investigations, things still tend to fall his way. but he s no longer president, and even former trump officials will tell you the facts particularly in the mar-a-lago investigation are concerning for his legal team. as you note, in a lot of these cases, trump appointed judges who are deciding against him. joining us to discuss, elliot williams and kirsten powers. lots of developments as always in the legal sphere. i want to drill down on the one about pat cipollone and patrick philbin having to testify. the court rejecting trump s arguments, a broad executive privilege and attorney/client privilege claim there. these guys know what the president told them in those crucial moments in the attempts to overturn the election. how impactful do you think their testimony might be? i think very. jim, as former lawyers and senior white house staffers, these two individuals are entitled to lots of privileges potentially based on their