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they got him. and got more including the deadline from the review well past. today having gotten what they wanted they were called onto do something they've notably not done in any court filing or proceedings so far, namely back up what their clients and allies are suggesting saying these documents were declassified. for the government's part today they signaled their willingness to take this all the way to the supreme court. jessica schneider starts us off and joins us now. let's talk about what the trump legal team told the special master. >> yeah, well what's interesting is their ...

response to that ultimatum from the special master. when he said he might have no choice but to accept the government's claims that 100 of those documents are classified, if trump's team doesn't step up with the proof that the former president declassified them. and that's really something that trump's legal team has resisted repeatedly asserting both in person and in court and in legal filings. so we saw a filing last night and they said that they might have to save any evidence of declassification to use it as a defense if trump is indicted, and then today in court, trump 's attorn...

it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." i'm alisyn camerota. >> i'm victor blackwell. today the attorney general accused donald trump, his family and organization of a pattern of fraud and deception that was, her word, astounding. letitia james is suing the former president for $250 million, alleging fraud that spanned years before he entered the white house. also named in the suit, three of trump's adult children and two executives of the trump organization. they're all accused of inflating or deflating assets for their gain. >> over the course of our investigation we found that...

sensitive documents. so it doesn't matter that they were there. he said, quote, everything was declassified. so far, that argument has been noticeably absent for many decoration by trump's lawyers in court. this morning, and a legal filing, trump's attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. for the more, then system that actually, these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump's team is saying, don't trust the doj, because who knows of these papers are really classified. over and over again. the 100 classified document...

governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. our top story tonight, the trump legal team already at odds with the special master it requested, refusing to provide evi...