U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart has ordered the release of the redacted affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents.
Reinhart had given the department until Thursday at noon to propose to him the redactions to the affidavit it wanted to make before any portion of it was released to the public. The documents also showed that the FBI was investigating the “willful retention of national defense information,” the concealment or removal of government records, and obstruction of a federal investigation.
The media coalition responded to Thursday's filing by asking the judge to unseal portions of the department's brief and to direct the government, “going forward," to file publicly a redacted version of any sealed document it submits. The groups noted that significant information about the investigation is already public.
And that redacted affidavit showed that there was no constitutional basis for the raid. It was a fishing expedition. They came up with nothing. Not even a minnow.
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