Hi everyone it is 4 o'clock here in New York I'm Elisi Menendez in

for Nicole Wallace at this hour a closed door high stakes hearing in the case that seeks to hold the ex president accountable for a stunning breach of national security.

Prosecutors working for special counsel, Jacksmith, are currently in front of Judge Alien Cannon,

discussing the classified documents case. That is after Donald Trump himself and his attorneys

were before the judge earlier today. It is the first time Trump has were before the judge earlier today.

It is the first time Trump has been before the judge

overseeing the documents case.

The subject of today's hearing,

according to ABC News reporting from this morning,

quote,

Cannon is scheduled to hear arguments on Monday from attorneys for Trump. from information might be relevant or helpful to the defense.

Special counsel, Jack Smith, will then present arguments to Judge Cannon outside the

presence of Trump's attorneys.

It's being held in a sensitive compartmented information facility, otherwise known as a skiff,

a secure room where people go to look at highly sensitive classified documents.

In other words, it's the appropriate venue for the documents that Trump hoarded at Maralago for months on end in a bathroom on the stage in a basement.

And today's hearing could not be happening at a tensor time.

Special Counsel Jack Smith and Team Trump

clashing over other issues, including witnesses.

The Guardian report, Special Counsel prosecutors

have produced to Donald Trump a sealed exhibit about threats to a potential trial

witness after the federal judge overseeing his prosecution for retaining classified

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