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Mueller probe. charles and andrew fortunately for us are both msnbc legal analysts. ken, let me start with you if i can. were talking about two separate cases here so i want to start with the justice departments investigation and this appeals court decision. this as we discussed a short time ago, this was a total repudiation of what the trump appointed judge in florida had ruled in this case. >> total repudiation, peter. they said this judge abused her discretion in granting this relief to donal...

The Justice Department can finally continue investigating the classified documents it recovered.

Judge Aileen Cannon, a right-wing ideologue, also appointed former FISA judge Raymond Dearie as special master to sort through the documents.

Classified. she reaches this conclusion despite an unrefuted affidavit from the head of the fbis counterintelligence division. this is the part of it that feels like were looking up from "alice in wonderlands" looking glass. what is this? >> so the classification is one of the core functions of the executive branch. the judge to be saying i dont believe that they are really classified just because you say so, thats what makes them classified, because the government says so. it suggests a distrus...

Charles McGonigals links to Deripaska are reportedly at the heart of a grand jury subpoena that was issued in secret in November 2021. Its not clear if the investigation is still ongoing.

But first, i want to get smarter with our lead off panel. weve got some spar -- investigative reporter with the washington post, asha rangappa, former special agent in the counterintelligence division of the fbi. she is now an assistant dean of the jackson school of global affairs. and chuck rosenberg is here, former u.s. attorney, and fbi senior official. mr. rosenberg, we must start with you. the doj day january 6th investigation, 40 subpoenas. to me, that sounds huge. how significant is that?...

The Justice Department is asking Judge Aileen Cannon to exempt documents with classification markings from her order temporarily prohibiting the FBI from using evidence seized from Trump's Florida compound in its criminal investigation.

The DOJ also seeks to review classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, arguing they are needed to determine if there was a national security risk.

Special place. because donald trump had no right to them. they are not his personal records. theyre government records. theres no possible claim of attorney/client privilege, the justice department is saying. though the judge held out some theoretical possibility that some of them could be covered by executive privilege, the justice department says, even if that were true, the nixon supreme court watergate case says a criminal investigation holds sway here. we need these documents. interestingly...

A judge on Monday agreed to appoint a special master to review items seized by the FBI during its search at Mar-a-Lago and blocked the Justice Dept. from continuing to use the material in its probe while the review is ongoing.