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The have the access toz records whether or not they were to be strictly controlled classified materials. so the bigger picture is that the justice department has already gathered more than 100 records marked as classified that trump had at mar-a-lago and they say that there is great national security risk if they don't move forward quickly with everything that they need to do in both the criminal investigation and with a correspondence intelligence review. so the justice dent department can't determine whether they are classified until they do that type of work. but what trump wants now is for...

Team. we'll get into those in a moment. first there's the possibility that the special master decision may be overturned. you outlined some of the reasons why, their arguments. how do you determine the process of appeal is going to play out? >> i think the first step is they've actually asked judge cannon to stay herself and allow this review to continue for the narrow universe of the classified documents, pointing out it's a fallacy that she allowed the intelligence review to go along while stopping the investigative team the access to these documents because they need to work with the docume...

So it's just silly what trump is throwing out, but it's throwing confusion. he's very good at that. >> does it sound like -- since you brought up the judge issue, does it sound like she's trying to educate herself? usually attorneys through briefs and motions will try to educate the judge on their thinking and where they think this should go. do you think that by asking these questions she's admitting that this is not her particular cons expertise and she's trying to educate herself? >> i think she is and a very good amicus brief was filed by a group of former republican high level prosecutors...

Privilege works. it's whether certain materials go to congress or to courts or the public. that part is a non-starter in terms of how the legal theory works. the second part is, what does it mean? how is it workable you share with one part of the executive branch to conduct an intelligence review and not the other, the fbi, which is a part of the intelligence community that needs to do damage assessment? i don't think she can write it that way. when she goes back and tries to write the order that way, i hope that something else will prevail and she won't try to go down that path. it doesn't se...

Tactical collection opportunity, we'll wait to see what those home agencies report back. and with all that, they'll have to assess how much damage has been. dunn >> andy, the intelligence review of these documents began back in may. specifically determine whether immediate efforts need to be made for that methods and sources. how will those determinations be made you think? >> john, that's a reference to the first 15 boxes of information. which we now know by virtue of the letter from the national archives that was revealed last week. with those boxes were officially turned off old turned over...