The US Justice Department opposes unsealing the affidavit that prosecutors used to obtain a federal judge's approval to search former president Donald Trump's Florida home.
The US Justice Department says it opposes unsealing the affidavit that prosecutors used to get approval to search the home of former US president Donald Trump.Some Republicans have called for US Attorney-General Merrick Garland to unseal the documentThe Justice Department said, if released, the affidavit would compromise "future investigative steps"
It would reveal the evidence that prosecutors showed a judge to demonstrate they had probable cause to believe crimes were committed at Mr Trump's home — the standard they had to meet to secure the search warrant. Some of the records seized were labelled "top secret" — the highest level of classification reserved for the most closely held US national security information.
Such documents are typically kept in special government facilities because disclosure could damage national security.
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