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one of trump s loudest defenses following the has been a chest pounding declaration that he it doesn t matter that they wound up there. he said that, quote, everything was declassified. but so far, that argument has been noticeably absent from any declaration by trump s lawyers in court. this morning, in a legal filing, trump s attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. furthermore, they are insisting that actually these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump s team is saying, don t trust the doj, because who knows if these papers are really classified. over and over again in their 40 page filing the 100 classified documents identified by the doj, the justice department, or referred to by trump s legal team as, quote, purportedly classified. yes, that s classified in quotes. a little over two hours after that sharply worded filing, trump s attorneys in the justice department appeared in federal cour ....
Department appeared in federal court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly appointed trump picked special master, and judge raymond dearie. he is a senior judge in the eastern district of new york. so, brooklyn is his turf. two hours after trump s team cast doubt on the government s assertion that these documents are classified, again, purportedly classified, with air quotes. yes, like this very clearly marked documents you see right now on your screen. purportedly classified. the special master, again, and handpicked by trump, essentially said, i m inclined to think that they are indeed classified. before i read this quote, quick law school lesson here. you should know that prima facie evidence means on the face of it. here is judge dearie on these documents, speaking to trump attorneys. the government, of course, once wants the classified documents off the table for the moment at least. and i understand that. we re dealing with presumably highly sensiti ....