NOT OUR EXPECTATION.
>> ALI, AS ALWAYS ON THE JOB ON
CAPITOL
HILL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> THE SUPREME COURT JUST A
FEW HOURS AGO
REJECTED DONALD TRUMP’S
EMERGENCY REQUEST TO GET
INVOLVED IN THE LEGAL FIGHT
OVER THE FBI SEARCH OF
MAR-A-LAGO.
THE TRUMP TEAM ASKED TO ALLOW A
SPECIAL
MASTER TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS
CLASSIFIED TAKEN IN
THE AUGUST 8th SEARCH OF
TRUMP’S PROPERTY.
CAN THIS DECISION BY THE
SUPREME COURT
COMES AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE WEIGHED IN ON
TUESDAY.
BRING US UP TO SPEED ON THAT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THIS WAS A RESOUNDING DEFEAT.
NOT SOMETHING EXPECTED BUT
NONETHELESS NOT
A SINGLE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
FOUND ANY REASON TO
DESCEND FROM THIS DECISION THAT
THE SUPREME COURT
WAS DENYING TRUMP’S APPEAL
HERE.
THEY ARE LETTING STAND A
DECISION BY THE
11TH CIRCUIT.
THE APPEALS COURT INCLUDING TWO
TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGES ON THAT
COURT THAT THE
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SEIZED AT
MAR-A-LAGO HAVE NO
BUSINESS BEING REVIEWED BY A
SPECIAL MASTER AND THAT
THE FBI SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE
THE DOCUMENTS IN THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
SO, THAT IS THE STATUS QUO.
MEANWHILE, TOM, SEPARATELY THE
JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS APPEALING THE
ENTIRE SPECIAL MASTER
PROCESS TO THE 11TH CIRCUIT.
THEY ASKED FOR EMERGENCY
CONSIDERATION,
THAT IS GOING DOWN THE TRACK.
IF THE APPEALS COURT RULES IN
THEIR FAVOR
THE SPECIAL MASTER WILL GO
AWAY.
BUT, AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS A
BIT OF A
SIDESHOW TO THE REAL MEAT OF
THE INVESTIGATION WHICH
IS THE FBI INTERVIEWING
WITNESSES, TRYING TO FIND
OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE
HIGHLY SENSITIVE
DOCUMENTS AT MAR-A-LAGO AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF
DONALD TRUMP OR ANYONE AROUND
HIM STRUCK THE JUSTICE