Trump's lawyers have been asked to back up some of the claims made by the special master.
CNN's legal analyst was interested to see if they were prepared to lie in court.
The analyst said that lying in court is a crime.
According to a CNN legal analyst, Raymond Dearie is putting the former president's defense to test.
In court hearings this week, Dearie challenged Trump's attorneys to present evidence to support two of his claims: that he declassified the documents at Mar-a-Lago, and that the FBI planted evidence there.
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Trump has made those assertions in public, but his lawyers have avoided repeating them in court.
Trump's lawyers argued that defending their declassification claims could hurt their defense in a trial.
Honig said that Dearie was trying to expose Trump's lies.
The courts are able to bring out truth. There is a chance that a person can get away with faking the truth in their public statements. Honig said that when you step into a court, the judge or jury will say, "Fine, that's your allegation, now prove it."
The tension in Donald Trump's legal team can be seen because they won't say the things in court about declassification and planting that he is saying.
You can't lie to a court. You can argue for your client, but you can't lie.
Trump's legal team spent weeks persuading a federal court judge to appoint a special master to review the documents in order to stall the FBI's investigation.
According to some analysts, Dearie's appointment appears to have backfired due to his handling of the Trump team's defense.
The review of the documents will be done by the special master by the end of the month.
Cannon had blocked access to the classified documents pending Dearie's review after the DOJ appealed.
Business Insider has an article on it.
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