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So they'll 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 wouldn't it want a special master exactly, and i know as kerry said, there's already a filter team in place, but what would be the harm in it? >> well, one thing, of course, is the precedent. you don't want to have to fight against a special master in every case you have. but in this particular case, it's the delay. i mean, if they have already reviewed everything for privilege and the judge orders a special master to come in and rereview all of this...

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 trump's request for a so-called special master to review those documents. we have more now. what's 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 have already completed their review and that they have found a limited set of materials from these...

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, it's a retired federal judge. we have some news on that front. the justice department in the last few minutes filed a response to the judge's preliminary order over the weekend where she said she was inclined to appoint a special master. she asked the justice dep...

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, they don't know where these documents have been and who has seen them. >> and the justice department ...

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 that's right. other than this delay problem which i think is a national security risk, a special master is not problematic for the government's case. they would simply review it and make a determination as to whether ther...