The Justice Department says it has already completed its review of what was taken
from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago
home. Tom Fitton, the Judicial Watch president joins me now. Good morning to you, Tom.
We understand some of these materials
were covered by attorney-client
privilege. Is that right?
It is, that's what the government told the court yesterday
in trying to
fend off
President Trump's desire for a special master
to review this material independently.
And
what does that tell you? It tells you they got too much material out of Trump's home.
By their own admission, it's material that they shouldn't
have. I don't think they've even given it back to Trump yet.
And they're expecting the court to trust them that they fairly evaluated
the materials that they seized from Trump's home.
And you just spent 15, 20 minutes
doing some reporting that tells
Americans and frankly the court why they can't trust
this FBI. They're out to get Trump.
This raid was part of that, I'm convinced.
And
now they've kind of had to admit, not only did they take these attorney-client records,
but despite Trump's request, and despite the court's interest in appointing a special master,
they're already
taking the documents they've taken and they're sharing them with an outside agency to do quote a damage assessment.
The court's got to put a stop to this and freeze it all. If I were Trump, I'd be asking for that immediately.
Well, will a special master to overview
the
looking of these documents, does that make much of a difference?
It would, because it certainly puts all the documents that were at issue before an independent party that presumably
Americans can trust because they can't trust the FBI and the Garland Justice Department.
And it's not just attorney-client
material. The argument is that the president had a right to these documents. And his taking them out of the White House
was his prerogative as president.
They weren't classified. They weren't presidential records.
The court has got to address that issue.
And I think President Trump should ask the court to address that issue
because if that's the case,
the whole basis for the raid, the whole basis for the investigation
was conceived in sin.
Well, we're going to have to leave it there, Tom.
Thank you, but I have a feeling we're going to have a lot more to talk about as this investigation
quote-unquote
on you know you know releases more details and we know where and how this thing will be resolved. But Tom Fitton, great stuff as always Tom, thank you very much.
