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Damage National Security if released. The departments Court Challenge again expected any moment would be an attempt to reverse cannons restrictions. But theres another aspect of all this to keep in mind. The appeal were talking about would be heard in the 11th u. S. Circuit court of appeals where six of 11 judges happen to be trump appointees. All of this remains up in the air. Another major advancement to tell you about in this story, judge cannon also appointed a Special Master to review those...

damage national security if released. the departments court challenge again expected any moment would be an attempt to reverse cannons restrictions. but theres another aspect of all this to keep in mind. the appeal were talking about would be heard in the 11th u.s. circuit court of appeals where six of 11 judges happen to be trump appointees. all of this remains up in the air. another major advancement to tell you about in this story, judge cannon also appointed a special master to rev...

These issues and to go to the 11th circuit and hope and expect that they will follow the law and do the right thing here. its not about donald trump. it is about preserving things like the classification of government documents. >> and on the classification issue, donald trump is playing a very obvious game. hes saying things on talk shows that his lawyers who he has their phone number and talks to them arent saying in their filings. let me show you what he said on a radio show called "hugh hewi...

His lawyers couldnt find those people? what are the chance this any of that is true -- chance that any of this it true? >> zero chance, i think. number one, a president could initiate a declassification process, but it is the originating agency that has to do that. and they do it after investigating to make sure that sources, lives wont be endangered by declassifying, that programs wont be compromised. you dont just wave a magic wand and say i hereby declassify these documents. youll notice what...

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...

Is this something he made up, or did someone tell him this was the case? so it would require some interviews to get to that point. so i think mark meadows for so many reasons could be a very valuable witness in both the mar-a-lago case and the january 6th case. >> katie, its friday, been a remarkable week of sort of incremental reveals. but as barbs talking you realize that whats become clear is that this is very active on both sides. sort of going back and forth now with donald trumps legal tea...

Records, theies espionage account and obstruction of justice do not require proof that documents were classified. i think its a good talking point that maybe works well with the base. at the end of the day, its not going to matter in a criminal case against donald trump. >> such a good reminder. i mean, everything that the doj has filed is about national defense information. there really -- it isnt about the classification. but i guess hugh hewitt hasnt read the documents. let me show what hilla...