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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...

mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with ump from, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors from some states joe biden won. that's according to two people familiar with the matter, both spoke anonymously. prosecutors asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. some of the question...

Plastered all over british newspapers, there was an outcry — that was a big part of the end of the american slave trade. and the film, you know, the subject's — subject matter — slavery, hope, families, you know, survival. how do you prepare for a role like that? uh, yeah, you really don't. chuckles. it was gruelling, man. it was clearly the most difficult film that i have ever worked on and, you know, the heat out in the swamps — we wanted to shoot in a lot of the actual locations — and, you know, just the depiction of human cruelty, you know, it wears on your psyche, and it was dif...

One of the -- today that occupied several hours and the like. that all suggests to me that the target is definitely a possibility here and it's not just that they're trying to get back ground information, but they're really trying to understand what did donald trump do and when did he do it? >> carol, do you want to respond? >> i do. the subject's in target and scary words for reporters to use for the department of justice and neal and so right in every bit of his analysis and i would add just one thing for target for viewers as has been always explained to me by very patient prosecutors. targ...

>> sean: i have no respect for his economic background, go ahead. >> he's wrong, but you are so off on this it's incredible. i spent a decade of my life actually working federal cases. never in my life have i heard of a case where attorney-client privilege is extended to someone who's a lawyer who is a potential coconspirator in the case where evidence is given back to the subject's in the investigation before it is concluded and it exoneration letter is drafted before the investigation is even interviewed his prime suspect. does this make any sense to you, and now you will wonder where we are...