It seemed like the kind of thing you should have in your post-presidential desk drawer.

Well, let's break this down. First of all, again, we really don't know.

Because let's go back and understand that all of this information is coming from one side and one place.

And that is sources with knowledge of the investigation.

Who are the sources with knowledge of the investigation, the FBI and the Justice Department,

and they are leaking to the media?

Florida Senator Marco Rubio seems to be more upset about leaks to the media

than the top secret government documents that Donald Trump had stashed at his country club.

We'll have the very latest on the Justice Department's looming response to the special

master ruling.

Meanwhile, Florida's other senator is facing questions about campaign cash.

It comes after a report from the New York Times that the GOP has blown through a record

fundraising hall nearly two months before the midterms.

And also ahead, a White House reunion for the Bidens and the Obamas, as the former president and

first lady finally get their portraits unveiled.

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, September 8th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us.

We'll begin with a key and fast approaching deadline for the Justice Department following the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-Lago home and club. The DOJ must decide by midnight tomorrow

whether to accept Judge Eileen Cannon's ruling that approved the request by Trump's attorneys

for a special master to review the documents

seized from his Florida estate last month. New York Times is reporting that the Justice Department

officials are expected to oppose the judge's decision. But the paper points out that any appeal

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