The Justice Department submitted proposed redactions to the affidavit justifying the search of Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier Thursday.
"I find that the Government has met its burden of showing a compelling reason/good cause to seal portions of the Affidavit because disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents, and uncharged parties, the investigation’s strategy, direction, scope, sources, and methods, and grand jury information..." the judge wrote in a brief order, explaining why the entire document could not be released.
Reinhart said this week that he was considering"whether there is a less onerous alternative to sealing the entire document." The government filed its arguments for keeping the affidavit sealed under seal, too. The media consortium argued in a filing Thursday that the government's arguments should be made public because they could provide more details about the investigation, even if portions dealing with what is in the affidavit remain sealed.
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