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
issue for all families. the governor and mayor pointing finishes about who is at fault, but a lot of residents want to know when will it get fixed. mikhail gorbachev is credited with bringing down the iron curtain and bringing together unity in europe. after 12 years under putin, gorbachev was in charge. he wasn t alone. welcome, it is wednesday, august 31, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and palm beach where donald trump s legal team has until tonight to respond to some explosive new allegations from the justice department. federal prosecutors claim government documents were likely concealed and removed from storage at mar-a-lago s resort as part of an effort to obstruct their investigation. the justice department was responding to trump s request for a special master to review materials seized from mar-a-lago. the department also says the former president lacks legal standing to intervene in its investigation since the documents belong to the gover
and tennis legend serena williams taking the court tonight in what could be the final singles match of her storied career. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story. mar-a-lago material seized by the fbi and whether they could be impacted by attorney/client privilege. the justice department says it s working through the documents and found a limited set are potentially covered. our cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is joining us now with more. evan, the justice department is responding to this judge. tell us more. well, this judge, pamela, indicated over the weekend that she was inclined to appoint a special master, a third party lawyer, to essentially look over the shoulder of the fbi agents who have been doing this review of these documents that were found, that were retrieved from donald trump s estate in palm beach. what
we re already looking at this material, and we have got a process in place to protect it. reporter: in a new court filing, doj says it has identified a limit set of materials that could contain attorney/client privilege information. the progress report coming after former president donald trump s team asked a judge for a special master, to oversee the evidence uncovered in the search. we have a lot of problems accepting everything in face value that s coming out of doj these days. it s a very politicized place, i m sad to say, and there s still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this. reporter: this as the fallout continues over how trump handled classified documents after leaving documents. this guy we now know 184 classified documents, 25 of them top secret. and by the way, countries that want to do us harm want to see these documents. reporter: avril haines tell congress officials are conducting a damage assessment, including an assessment of t