The sealed statement may reveal why there was probable cause to search Donald Trump's Florida home, US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said.
Despite objections by the Justice Department, US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart says he believes there are parts of the sworn statement laying out the evidence for why there was probable cause to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort"that could be unsealed".
Judge Reinhart's order seemed to mark a victory for news outlets, who appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach on Thursday to persuade the judge that the public interest in the affidavit outweighs the benefits of keeping it sealed.Jay Bratt, the head of the department's counterintelligence and export control section, told the judge on Thursday that releasing the affidavit is not in the public interest because it could harm the ongoing probe.
Attorneys for several media outlets including The New York Times, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, ABC News and NBC News told Mr Reinhart on Thursday that the public's right to know and the historic significance of the search outweigh any arguments to keep the records sealed."The public could not have a more compelling interest in ensuring maximum transparency over this event," said Charles Tobin, one of the attorneys arguing for the media companies.
The FBI's unsealed search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., is photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. However, none of the three laws cited by the Justice Department in the search warrant require a showing that the documents were in fact classified.In Ohio last week, police shot an armed man dead after he tried to breach an FBI building. A second man in Pennsylvania, meanwhile, has since been charged with making threats against FBI agents.
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