The ruling is being called unprecedented and some are calling the basis for it into question.

What is not in question, though, what a Florida district judge has just decided in the

Mar-a-Lago documents case has immediate implications at perhaps long-term consequences, too.

John Berman here in Foranderson, and Judge Eileen Canne is ruling today calls for a special

master to look over material seized from Mar-a-Lago and temporarily bars the Justice Department

from using it in its investigation of documents improperly kept at the Palm Beach Resort.

Now in part of a ruling, Judge Canne seems to say that a former president might be different

in her view than a regular Joe.

Quoting her now, as plaintiff articulated at the hearing, the investigation and treatment

of a former president is of unique interest to the general public, and the country is best

served by an orderly process that promotes the interest and perception of fairness.

A unique interest to rights, before granting what the former Attorney General under President

Trump know less, recently said this about.

Well, I think the whole idea of a special master is a bit of a red herring.

At this stage since they've already gone through the documents, I think it's a waste of time.

Agree or disagree with that notion, and whatever you might think of how Judge Canne

arrived at her decision, we'll talk about what it portends with our legal experts in

just a moment. First though, CNN Sarah Murray, who has all the latest on the ruling itself,

Sarah, so walk us through what the judge issued today.

All right, well, John, as you pointed out, she has granted the former president the special

master to pour over materials looking for any personal items, any items that can fall

under attorney client privilege, or any items that can fall under executive privilege,

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