In an interview on Fox News, former U.S. president Donald Trump claimed that he didn't require a legal process to declassify the documents found in his Florida home, he just needed to say it or think about it.

The FBI has recovered documents marked top secret during a raid of former President Donald Trump's Florida residence Mar-a-Lago.

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Trump speaks out over classified documents

Meanwhile, in the United States Federal appeals court, is letting the justice department. Resumed its review of classified documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago. Estate the Court's ruling yesterday reverse is an order that block prosecutors from going through the material until an independent Arbiter it done. So first Trump has argued that all the documents he took tomorrow. Lago were rightfully his including those that were classified. Trump is also saying that he Declassified those files with a spurious suggestion that he doesn't even need to prove it. And I think a lot of joint is now Lie from Washington with all the details on this. A lot of weight through here Magna. But let's talk about the Court's decision to let prosecutors resume their probe and what Trump is saying about it a big win for prosecutors for now. So what this means essentially is the criminal investigation into those 100 classified documents seized from Donald Trump's Florida home, will that will Can you now investigators can once again have access to those documents that sensitive material? And this is after earlier this month they were actually blocked from doing that. So the judge Eileen Cannon, she is, she granted a request by Trump's lawyers to have a third party or a special Master review. The documents first and she really was swayed by Trump's lawyers arguments that the materials could be protected by client-attorney privilege or executive privilege. So prosecutors who, who said this was really a matter of National Security. They appealed the decision and now they got their way. You have this, these court of appeals judges agreeing that this material should not be seen by a third party. And in the decision, they wrote that they couldn't understand why Trump would have an interest or a need for the classified document and basically that he can Claim classified documents are his own, but we know that Donald Trump has been saying that he Declassified these documents and he kept saying that again in an interview yesterday before the decision came out. Take a listen. You're the president of the United States. You can teach class if I just by saying, I missed a Class B, even by thinking about it because you're sending it to Mar-A-Lago or to wherever you are sending it. And it doesn't have to be a process. They can be a process but it doesn't have to be you, the present. You make that decision. Well not. So according to these judges, they say there was no evidence that Trump Declassified the documents and even if he had they say the argument is a red herring because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal. So this decision essentially means that that special Master that's been assigned to this case. Well, he will not be able to to go through those classified documents now at this point. We don't know if Trump's lawyers are going to fight back and take this right up to the Supreme Court, legal blow to Trump yesterday. Tell us what else he's facing in New York. We know the Attorney General there. Letitia James says Donald Trump. His three oldest children to other company. Executives. Carried out business fraud. She says, and she's accusing them of cheating the system for profits. She says her investigation revealed that for years They filed false and misleading financial statements around Trump's net worth and the value of his properties, and his other assets. This she says, they did to get better loans with better rates from Banks and to pay lower taxes. Now, among other things, James wants to Bar Trump and his three eldest children from being Executives with any new your company's. And she also wants to prevent the Trump organization from getting involved in commercial real estate, dealings, or from applying for any loans in the state for 5 years. Trump reacted to that yesterday calling her a fraud on his social media platform and he said that this lawsuit is a Witch Hunt. Text Becca in Washington.

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