


More parts of the government's search warrant affidavit for Donald Trump's Florida-based resort home can be unsealed pending an appeal by the Justice Department, a judge ruled in the former president's classified documents case Wednesday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart wrote that additional portions of the search warrant affidavit used in the raid on Mar-a-Lago last August "should be unsealed" but underscored that the totality of the affidavit should not be. He also gave the DOJ until 5 p.m. on July 13 to appeal the decision.
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"I further that the Government has met its burden of showing that its proposed redactions of the affidavit are narrowly tailored to serve the government's legitimate interests and are the least onerous alternative to sealing the entire search warrant affidavit," Reinhart wrote in a three-page order.
The DOJ released a redacted version of the search warrant affidavit in a memo last August, revealing slim details about why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. On Sept. 13, the DOJ released a copy of the affidavit with fewer redactions.
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The 32-page affidavit, despite its redactions, has offered the most detailed insight for the public into the government records that were stored at Trump's Florida resort long after he left the White House.
Trump, along with other transparency advocates and reporters, has called on the court to release the full affidavit to the public. Initially, the DOJ resisted releasing the affidavit, citing national security concerns, but Reinhart, who approved the Mar-a-Lago search, demanded an initial draft be released last August.