opposing trump s request for a special master to review all the materials seized by the fbi. the department reports it has now recovered more than 320 classified documents from mar-a-lago. prosecutors say, some documents or likely concealed or removed from storage in an effort to obstruct their investigation. the court filing cast serious doubts on a statement by trump s attorney that all classified material had been returned. the justice department also argues that trump lacks legal standing to request a special master s, since the documents belong to the government, not to him. the court filing came with this photo showing documents taken by the fbi from trump s office. more now from cnn s sara mine. the justice department weighing in with the good side of the story of what s happened in the run up and in the aftermath of the search at mar-a-lago. this is all part of the court battle playing out over whether there should be a special master, an independent third party app
the department reports it has now recovered more than 320 classified documents from mar-a- lago. prosecutors essay some documents were likely concealed or removed from storage in an effort to obstruct their investigation. the court filing casts serious doubt on a statement by trump s attorneys that all classified material had been returned. the justice department also argues that trump lacked legal standing to request a special master, since the documents belonged to the government, not to him. the court filing came with this photo, showing documents taken by the fbi, from a container in trump s office. more now from cnn s sarah murray. reporter: the justice department weighs in with its side of the story of what happened in the run-up and aftermath of the search at mar- a-lago. this is all a part of the court battle playing out over whether there should be a special master, an independent third- party appointed to review the documents that the fbi sees when they searched m
A-lago. doj lawyers say government documents were likely concealed, and removed from the storage room and mar-a- lago to obstruct thehehe investigation into trump s potential mishandling of classified materials. the doj says the fbi search casts serious doubt on his lawyers claims that they had been a diligent search to return classified material in response to a grand jury subpoena and they argued that trump lacks standing over presidential records because the material belongs to the government, and not him. the court filing came with this photo, showing documents taken by the fbi from a container in trump s office. for more on this, we want to bring in political analyst michael genovese, he joins us live from los angeles. good to have you with us. thank you, rosemary. the justice department s court filing opposes donald trump s plea for a special
Damning to donald trump, because a picture like that is about as welcome as hair on a biscuit. ages doesn t belong, you don t want to see it, and it s something every voter can see and identify. pictures can be worth 1000 words, this one is damning to donald trump. and the doj filing also says the august search cast serious doubt on the statement made by trump lawyers, that classified material had already been returned. but does that reveal about donald trump and his team, his legal team? you, know it s the carelessness that they applied to this. they did not take it seriously. if they did, they would have behaved very differently. it s true that donald trump had lawyers that were not qualified to do what they are asked to do. but that is the fault of donald trump. he hired these people. and he has a history of hiring lawyers who tell them what he wants them to tell, i m not with the law is, nobody needs to hear. and so, this fits a pattern of donald trump. the pattern is i hire yo
The department reports it has now recovered more than 320 classified documents from mar-a- lago. prosecutors essay some documents were likely concealed or removed from storage in an effort to obstruct their investigation. the court filing casts serious doubt on a statement by trump s attorneys that all classified material had been returned. the justice department also argues that trump lacked legal standing to request a special master, since the documents belonged to the government, not to him. the court filing came with this photo, showing documents taken by the fbi, from a container in trump s office. more now from cnn s sarah murray. reporter: the justice department weighs in with its side of the story of what happened in the run-up and aftermath of the search at mar- a-lago. this is all a part of the court battle playing out over whether there should be a special master, an independent third- party appointed to review the documents that the fbi sees