now tonight author 60 breaking news. it s now in the judge s hands. lawyers for the former president just file their answer to special counsel jack smith s call for a gag order in the class by documents, case also tonight, what we re learning about how trump and biden teams are preparing for the cnn presidential debate. let s in two weeks from tonight. and later, new details so on the princess of wales is first public appearance since revealing her cancer diagnosis it s gonna be tomorrow. and what it could say about the state of her treatment. good evening. thanks for joining as we begin tonight with a breaking news on a gag order that jack smith says is designed to prevent the former president from making statements that quote, poses significant imminent and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents participating the investigation and prosecution of this case now, statements such as the former president s false claim that he narrowly escaped death during the search of mar
Reveals trump is claiming 15 of the recovered records are his personal property. we re talking about things like clemency requests. do you think that argument is going to hold up? no, i don t think those arguments are going to hold up. once trump s team finally decides what they re arguing on that versus his public statements, i don t think any of that is going to hold up. i think what you re seeing now is sort of a narrowing for the option of trump. the closer they get to having to respond to court pleadings, the harder it gets, and those are all going to be rulings against them, if you ask me to predict. and, shan, the special master in that case, he was appointed to review those documents. apparently he s expressed frustration because he s getting limited information from the doj and trump s legal team. what did you make of that? well, i think for trump s team, this is not the special master that they dreamed of having.
By plaintiffs trump in the course of activities which relate to, or have an effect upon, the carrying out of the constitutional statutory or other official or ceremonial the justice department points out that those documents include clemency requests and, quote, we immigration initiatives. and, quote, a printed email message from a person that one of the military academy s address to the president in his official capacity about the academy sports program and its relationship to martial spirit. the justice department points out there is nothing and law that suggests, quote, that otherwise, presidential records may be rendered personal by fiat. the justice department also tells the special master, raymond, dairy judge raymond dearie, what he already knows which is that it is very common for personal records to be seized along with other material, where search warrants are executed.
Whether records belong to donald trump or the federal government. a new court filing claiming 15 of nearly 22,000 documents have disputed executive privilege claims and asking the special master to rule on this. these are documents on clemency requests and documentation related to border control laws. and steve bannon will be sentenced for defying a subpoena from the january 6th committee. federal prosecutors are recommending a six month sentence for bannon, also pushing back on a request to delay serving any sentence while his appeal of the conviction plays out. former president trump has now hired a conservative lawyer to help deal with the expected subpoena from the january 6th committee. cnn is learning that trump and his legal team are debating how to respond once this comes.
Out that those documents include clemency requests and, quote, we immigration initiatives. and, quote, a printed email message from a person that one of the military academy s address to the president in his official capacity about the academy sports program and its relationship to martial spirit. the justice department points out there is nothing and law that suggests, quote, that otherwise, presidential records may be rendered personal by fiat. the justice department also tells the special master, raymond, dairy judge raymond dearie, what he already knows which is that it is very common for personal records to be seized along with other material, where search warrants are executed. personal records that are not government property are seized every day for but use and