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granted the request from donald trump to appoint, but she's giving until friday for a list of names of people who can serve in that role who have security clearance because hundreds of the documents are classified as we know. right now's a pause until the special master finishes the review. we had a sense of it with the number of vumts. >> this politically is a win for the president, no? >> absolutely this is a political win. donald trump is getting almost everything that he has asked for in this. and in her court filing data, the judge points out the extraordinary nature of this. he...

the justice department is considering its next steps after a federal judge today granted former president trump's request for that independent special master. judge aileen cannon who trump nominated to the bench said a third party is needed to review the items that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago. the doj is looking into whether the former president improperly kept classified and top secret documents at his florida estate. joins me now is cnn's sara murray and cara skinnal. walk us through the ruling? >> she's cited a number of reasons for why she feels the special master is necessary...

is. welcome to this special edition of "the lead." i'm kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks. trump's lawyers argued he needed a special master because they...

former president's legal team, slows down the investigation into the thousands of pages from mar-a-lago on august 8th, hundreds marked classified. after a nearly two-hour court session and a long weekend to think about it, she made her decision writing a special master shall be appointed to review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendtations and evaluate claims for the return of property. she continues the government is en joined from further review and use of the materials seized from plaintiff's residence, pending review. the government may continue...

hook for some of the statements that were made. so i'm sure it's anxiety inducing for a lot of them and on top of everything else that they're watching politically, which if you look at any of the national polls that have come out lately, even though his base has remained solid, you see incremental degradation with the general electorate. losing to joe biden. i'm sure some republican is going to come along and make that point in the primary. >> we've seen very bad weeks for him before and he's managed to publicly at least in the court of public opinion he's been able to skirt around ...