Trump supporters were seen circling a courthouse inFloridasouthWest Palm Beachand theUSThe magistrate said, "The Department of Justiceshould release a portion of the affidavit of theFBIraid againstMar Arago.
Members of the media have also descended on the courts seeking to uncover the information underlying the raid on Donald Trump in the Sunshine State.
Trucks with Trump 2024 flags were seen driving around the building.
Judge Bruce Reinhart gave government one week's grace. and proposed redactions for the eventual release of a version of the warrant affidavit, stating that portions of the document "could be presumptively unsealed."
According to The New York Times, "whether those pieces were meaningful to the public or the media," he added, was not a question for him to judge.New York The Times.
Law enforcement outside the Paul G. Rogers Federal Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Agencies
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Donald Trump-supported police running outside Paul G. Rogers Federal Courthouse Vehicles with flags, Thursday, August 18, 2022, West Palm Beach, FL
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Cars painted with American flags drive past Paul G. Rogers Federal Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, Thursday, August 18, 2022
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Deanna K. Shulman, Florida attorney representing multiple media outlets, speaks to media outside the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
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Judge Reinhart's ruling was a compromise between the Department of Justice (DoJ) and many news outlets.
The Justice Department had hoped to keep the affidavit fully sealed during its ongoing investigation into Mr Trump and how he handled classified documents, but reports The agency wanted its full disclosure.
Warrant affidavits are drawn up and sworn in by federal agents before a search is permitted. They contain specific information about criminal investigations and are usually sealed until the charges are revealed.
Judge Reinhart ruled that the Government must send him the draft edits by 12:00 pm on 25 August. At that point, he will look at the proposal and judge its suitability.
"This will be a carefully considered process," he said,according to The Times.
Deanna Shullman, an attorney representing agencies Dow Jones & Company, Inc and ABC, Deanna Shullman, told the assembled press after the hearing. all players. So whether the judge is doing his job, whether the DOJ is doing that job, is that the proper functioning of these access procedures, and why the public has the right to access it? is. That is the public interest. We have the right to oversee the work of government at all levels, and that is the essential interest we were claiming today.
"None of the media interventionists wish to jeopardize the safety or security of confidential informants. is kept secret," she added. According to CNN. “But it’s important to note that it’s not enough just to say someone works at a particular agency. may get there, but the general fact that there are classified informants working with the government is, I believe, not a matter of protection.”
DOJ's National Jay Bratt of the Security Division argued at the hearing that the release of the affidavit would "provide a roadmap to the investigation."
"In this case the court held that he was likely in violation of one of the obstruction laws, and evidence of obstruction would be found at his Mar-a-Lago," he said. spoke of the department's concerns. Witnesses may be reluctant to cooperate if too much information is made public.
He added that the affidavit also contained "material information about the grand jury."
