live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. damning new details this hour with the fbi search of donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. the justice department says confidential documents were likely concealed and removed from storage to obstruct its investigation. the revelations are part of the departments court filings against trump s request for a special master to review evidence seized from mar-a-lago. the justice department also argues that trump lacks standing to intervene in a federal investigation, because the documents belong to the government, not to him. more now from cnn political correspondent sara murray, reporting in from washington. the justice department weighing in with its side of the story of what happened in the run up and in the aftermath of the search at mar-a-lago. this is all part of the court battle that s playing out over whether there should be a special master, an independent third party, appointed to review the documents t
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
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Just an ordinary joe citizen, how would they be treated? i think we would already have seen an indictment. everything that happens with former president donald trump, because we have no president in this country for a president behaving in a way that donald trump behaves, we have no precedent for a president who believes he is somehow immune, above the law, that government property belongs to him, that does not recognize that he was an employee of u.s. government, and when that job is over, you know, all the rights and privileges and it at that moment. so, it would be, it s very clear to me that if this were someone other than donald trump, we would not be engaged in this extensive negotiation that is happening with the department of justice. i do not think they would have taken 18 months before executing a search warrant had this been anyone else other than the president of the united states. and as soon as they had information that there were documents taken from the white house th