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So theyll take as much space as the judge is willing to give them to make their arguments. >> why would, jennifer, doj want this to go away? why wouldnt it want a special master exactly, and i know as kerry said, theres already a filter team in place, but what would be the harm in it? >> well, one thing, of course, is the precedent. you dont want to have to fight against a special master in every case you have. but in this particular case, its the delay. i mean, if they have already reviewed eve...

Democrat stacey abrams. big news for the investigations this morning. >> no question. nick valencia, thank you very, very much. >> reporter: you bet. we also have some other news just in to cnn. this regarding former president trumps request for a so-called special master to review those documents. we have more now. whats the latest? >> reporter: we just saw a filing from the justice department come into the docket in this case today, the justice department updating the judge saying that they ...

Person in the republican party and particularly house republicans who are so close to their republican base are loathe to cross him or to get on his bad side. >> i want to turn to the possibility of that special master. what exactly would this person be looking for if appointed? what kind of person would that have to be? >> generally, its a retired federal judge. we have some news on that front. the justice department in the last few minutes filed a response to the judges preliminary order over ...

Likely take? >> typically these assessments take a long time. they could do an expedited initial one, but for example in the case of edward snowden who leaked the documents from the national security agency, there were many damage assessments in that case over a period of years and there may still be some going on. but in that case is interesting because they knew that snowden has been in moscow so they could assume that everything snowden had was exposed to russian intelligence. in this case, t...

University professor says the possible appointment of a special master, everyone is going to read into this order more than they should. a special master is not litigating the warrant or the search. he or she would simply making sure that the seized materials the government is holding on to our material said it has a right to possess. what do you make of that? >> yes, i think thats right. other than this delay problem which i think is a national security risk, a special master is not problematic...

Secret and top secret and then levels beyond top secret at the highest classification levs. that is a crime if true. s a crime if true. clint watts is a former fbi special agent whos now distinguished research fellow a foreign policy research institute. alyssa and matt are both back with us. clint, the judge is asking for an update on the justice departments filter team. can you tell us who they are in the work that they do? >> anytime documents are taken, particularly in a situation like this, ...

The process, and also just the reality that the judge was making this decision is a trump appointed judge? >> this is not the typical situation where you see a special master being used following a search. special masters are used when theres a surge that is likely to find a large quantity of attorney-client privilege material, for instance when youre searching an attorneys office or searching and attorneys, and in those situations the parties will typically very close to the time of the search ...

Used or not used in the investigation. the judge gave the justice department until tuesday to provide a sealed list of what was in those documents and then the judge will hold a hearing on thursday to sort this out. it is worth noting that of the justice departments already using whats called a filter team internally to go through these documents. still at the same time if this motion is granted t would be a bit of a win for donald trump in this case, although that is still, its a separate kind ...

"because i am protected by "executive privilege". where does he stand on that? not on very firm ground. executive privilege belongs to the current president of the united states, who is not trump. as a former president, he has the same privileges that other citizens would have, and executive privilege is not one of them. sometimes, theres a little slippage here and he seems to be talking about, or his supporters seem to be talking about attorney—client privilege — which, of course, may apply...

The investigation and made clear that this is an ongoing investigation and there may be multiple targets of the investigation and do not want to reveal a roadmap for way the investigation is going. there is also grandeur information which is secret by law and they have expressed concerns about the privacy of some of the individuals described in the affidavit. iiit individuals described in the affidavit. . ., ., , affidavit. in addition to his claims this _ affidavit. in addition to his claims th...