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Investigation and filter through the documents. >> it pauses the criminal investigation into the materials taken from trump's florida home. eli hoenig is here to explain. >> we finally know exactly how this special master process will play out. fbi seized about is 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago last month. those documents will filter through the parties and then the special master. it is senior judge raymond dreary. she was put on the bench by ronald reagan and transcends politics partisanship and will take out documents covered by privilege and this the documents go to the justice departmen...

Vastly different proposals for how this special master process should work. so let's break it all down for you. on the left side of your screen here, this is what prosecutors are asking for. they say the special master should not what -- with taxpayers covering half of the expenses, and he wants a longer review period taking up to 90 days. it will now be up to a federal judge to decide the way forward. district judge aileen cannon, a

And they specifically point out the fact they can't chase down the whereabouts of those documents because of the red tape with the special master. that sounds like a concern to ensure concern all americans. >> absolutely. that's a very serious violation. everybody knows documents like that have got to be handled in a pristine way. everyone where i work in the, government those things are very christine. yet to be very, very careful. and not take those things home, obviously. if there are other missing documents which it looks like, unfortunately, there's a good chance of that. where are? there...

Tonight. so this, the revelation about nuclear secrets to begin the cattle documents seats in august, it seems would add great urgency to all of those questions, right? how do you think that informs the justice department decision about what to do here? >> it's a great question. i think it must mean that they have to act with urgency and has got to put a big thumb on the scale that they appeal their or her decision immediately, and that the ask a court of appeals for an urgent sensational paroling. and the court of appeals can do that, while we review your questions of law, we're gonna stop wh...

>> okay and with that to stop the process as it is, or sorry, stopped the special master process as it is, and allowed them to move forward given the sort of implication of national security? >> they can do it one of two ways, you can still use the material while the special master's going on, or they can even say stop the special master as well. because it's such a bizarre notion of a special master to be reviewing documents for executive privilege. we never had that in this country. so they could also say, wait, that's also hampering a very critical investigation now that we know, nuclear ma...