Damage National Security if released. The departments Court Challenge again expected any moment would be an attempt to reverse cannons restrictions. But theres another aspect of all this to keep in mind. The appeal were talking about would be heard in the 11th u. S. Circuit court of appeals where six of 11 judges happen to be trump appointees. All of this remains up in the air. Another major advancement to tell you about in this story, judge cannon also appointed a Special Master to review those seized document. His name is Raymond Deariement a semi retired u. S. District judge from new york. He was originally suggested by trumps team. He ultimately was approved of by both parties. Dearies deadline is one week after thanksgiving, thats November 30th. Weeks, of course, after the midterm elections and more than a month after the date doj had requested. And when were talking about potential threats to National Security, we all know at this point time is of the essence. Just what makes it
damage national security if released. the department s court challenge again expected any moment would be an attempt to reverse cannon s restrictions. but there s another aspect of all this to keep in mind. the appeal we re talking about would be heard in the 11th u.s. circuit court of appeals where six of 11 judges happen to be trump appointees. all of this remains up in the air. another major advancement to tell you about in this story, judge cannon also appointed a special master to review those seized document. his name is raymond deariement a semi retired u.s. district judge from new york. he was originally suggested by trump s team. he ultimately was approved of by both parties. dearie s deadline is one week after thanksgiving, that s november 30th. weeks, of course, after the midterm elections and more than a month after the date doj had requested. and when we re talking about potential threats to national security, we all know at this point time is of the essence. jus
his lawyers couldn t find those people? what are the chance this any of that is true chance that any of this it true? zero chance, i think. number one, a president could initiate a declassification process, but it is the originating agency that has to do that. and they do it after investigating to make sure that sources, lives won t be endangered by declassifying, that programs won t be compromised. you don t just wave a magic wand and say i hereby declassify these documents. you ll notice what the lawyers say in briefs is not that donald trump has declassified documents. what they ve said is he has the power to declassify documents. and i think they are playing it very close to the line here, but they re not going over it because they don t want to make a representation that is not true. and then on top of all of that, it is legally irrelevant to the charges that have been cited in the search warrant because none of those rely on classification as a status, as an element of the of
and helped fill in we re going to work on upgrading your audio. i have one more question for you. but i just want to put more of the timeline, i want to bring it up to this week. donald trump this week told conservative radio host hugh hewitt, this was yesterday, that there would be, quote, problems in this country the likes of which we ve never seen. i ve actually cleaned up some of that grammar, if you can believe it. if he s indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents. quote, i don t think the people of the united states would stand for it, trump said. what do you do with a target of an investigation threatening to turn the people of the united states against the government? well, there are two aspects of that question, and certainly there s the broader one in terms of turning using your term, turning the people. where i go reflexively is back to my former colleagues and former life.
the opinion i think was wrong, and i think the government should appeal it. it s deeply flawed in a number of ways. i don t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up, but even if it does, i don t see it fundamentally changing the trajectory. in other words, i don t think it changes the ball game so much as maybe we ll have a rain delay for a couple of innings. i think the justice department s chances are pretty good, and i think they are because their main thrust is that some of these may be covered by executive privilege. there s only one executive who can assert the privilege, the one who s the correct second current executive, joe biden. hi, again. 5:00 in new york. how bad was the judge s ruling to grant a special master in the case of the ex-president s mishandling of classified documents? you know the answer it was so bad that trump s own former ag