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MSNBC host Joy Reid and multiple guests melted down Monday after a judge granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review seized documents in the wake of the Aug. 8 raid on Mar-a-Lago.
“We know that in 2021 that there was a rash of deaths of American spies, they were being caught, they were being killed. This is a very real and exigent circumstance, and the CIA has admitted to that,” Reid, who guest-hosted “Deadline: White House,” said. “Now, we are not saying that we know that there is some connection between the purloin documents and those events, but they did happen at a time when Trump did have custody of some really sensitive information that he shouldn’t have had. You know, you think about that.”
The FBI raided the Florida estate owned by Trump as part of an investigation into allegations involving classified documents removed from the White House when Trump left office in January 2021. A judge ruled Monday that a “special master,” or third-party attorney, could be appointed to review the seized documents and determine which fall under legal privilege.
Reid’s insinuation prompted guest Glenn Kirschner, a former prosecutor, to demand aggressive action against the former president.
