Key takeaways:
- A federal judge in Florida has ordered that more information be made public from the search warrant affidavit that led the FBI to discover a trove of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida resort.
- The Justice Department agreed in a sealed filing that some additional parts of the search warrant could be made public, but asked that other parts remain sealed to “comply with grand jury secrecy rules and to protect investigative sources and methods.”
- It is unclear what information will be released and what impact the ruling will have on the ongoing investigation into the former president.
A federal judge in Florida has ordered that more information be made public from the search warrant affidavit that led the FBI to discover a trove of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida resort. On Wednesday, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart denied a request by media organizations, including NBC News, that the entire affidavit be unsealed, but found “additional portions of the search warrant application should be unsealed.”
The Justice Department agreed in a sealed filing that some additional parts of the search warrant could be made public, but asked that other parts remain sealed to “comply with grand jury secrecy rules and to protect investigative sources and methods.” The Department then disclosed some of the previously blacked-out portions of the warrant application it submitted last year to gain authorization to search the former president’s Florida property for classified documents.
The documents were discovered in the wake of related criminal charges against the former president. The documents were found to contain classified information, though the exact nature of the documents has not been disclosed.
The Justice Department has not commented on the ruling, and it is unclear what information will be released. It is also unclear what impact the ruling will have on the ongoing investigation into the former president.
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