Good evening, two full weeks after the search of Mar-a-Lago and two full weeks of total

courtroom silence on the subject, the former president's legal team has finally weighed in.

In their first filing of any kind since the search, they've asked a federal judge to stop

any review of C's material until a third-party attorney or special master, as it's called,

is named to review the evidence.

Now beyond the specific request, it contains the filings by the former president's attorneys

is notable for the tone it strikes and the claims it makes neither of which are typical

of the category.

Coding out from the introduction's first line, politics cannot be allowed to impact the

administration of justice.

So we'll focus on the filing ahead and the chances that a judge will agree with any or

all of it given how late in the process it is.

We'll also examine how the various assertions of fact in the filing actually stand up to

the facts themselves.

Also tonight, I see an exclusive late word that the Justice Department has issued a new

subpoena for more January 6th related documents and it's Caitlin Collins starts us off.

So what is the former president and his legal team seeking in this filing?

A few things.

One is this third-party attorney, which is known better as a special master that can really

go through these documents if they are appointed, see what has legal privilege, what doesn't.

It takes up time, though.

And so it's a little unusual that they waited two weeks to file for this because there

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