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
Them with the trump team and the justice department, they re just starting to go through the records and make calls about what trump wants to call them and what the justice department wants to call them. donald trump is saying these are personal records these should not be part of your investigation. the justice department is saying, there s no way that s the possibility. these are absolutely government records and the ones in this batch of 15 that they re just going through now and sending to the special master so the special master can make a decision, donald trump is highlighting these are his personal records and yet the justice department is pointing out they are things like clemency requests, immigration policy documents, an email from a military category, the things sent to donald trump while he was president because he was president. but it s going to be up to what the special master does here. there s still a month or two to go and a lot more documents they have to go through.
On the legality of the special master reviewing the seized materials. the former president s attorneys suggested a scheduled schedule that would have dragged the process out until next year. we re learning that the clemency requests, health care documents and irs forms were amongst the materials taken. they also include paperwork related to the 2020 election and communications about trump s businesses. bloomberg news made the list public after it was inadvertently published to the public court docket. closing arguments in the damages phase of the alex jones trial in connecticut. the controversial info wars host will not testify in his own defense. jurors will have to decide how much to award the families of eight students and the employees killed in the 2012 sandy hook school shooting. a judge has already found jones and his company liable for damages. a former texas state trooper who is under investigation for her actions during the mass
Reporters said if i had the discretion, it would not be my sen e tns. the attorney representing medeiros says the laws need to change. take a listen. our system at this facility has created a situation where a judge, at their own discretion, who doesn t want to issue a sentence, has said that. we hope to achieve reforms. that s what this is all about. we have to reform the system that has created a situation where we are creating more victims of our justice system. we have to do that now. reporter: there was a small protest this week over the sentence. more than 4.7 million signaturing asking colorado governor jared polis to reduce the sentence. kim kardashian got involved saying the law should be changed. the governor s office is telling cnn it is reviewing me der roese clemency requests. lucy, thanks very much. it has been a heck of a year when it comes to sports from no