The release of the redacted affidavit in FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate ordered to be made public by noon on Friday
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart has scheduled a deadline for the U.S. Justice Department to release the redacted version of the affidavit used in the Aug. 8 early morning raid of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s private home, Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
The move—ordering the Justice Department to unseal and make public the redacted version of the affidavit—comes after an in-person hearing last week regarding the unsealing of FBI records related to the unprecedented and highly controversial raid of former President Trump’s private beach club.
During the hearing, the Judge heard requests from the Department of Justice and an attorney representing media outlets about the possibility of unsealing the raid affidavit.
Trump and his team have maintained that the FBI raid was unjustified and that in the interest of transparency, federal investigators should release the affidavit.
However, the DOJ has already previously said it will not make the affidavit public because it concerns “highly sensitive information about witnesses.”
Now the Judge says the redacted version the DOJ has submitted to the court must be made public by noon on Friday.
