Trump team won't release copy of Mar-a-Lago FBI raid warrant
on Monday — as the judge who approved the search considers a motion to unseal the document.
But the document may be released anyhow, as US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who issued the warrant, gave the Justice Department until 5 p.m. Aug. 15 to respond to a request to unseal the records from conservative transparency group Judicial Watch. The FBI were looking for presidential records and evidence of classified information being stored on the premises. Wednesday afternoon that Trump’s legal team is considering legal action to force the Justice Department to “turn over a physical copy of the search warrant, the affidavit, and a complete inventory of what was taken in the Mar-a-Lago raid.” It’s unclear if Trump would publicly release those records.
Former President Donald Trump blasted the FBI agents who conducted the search for allegedly refusing to allow his attorneys to watch the raid. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP Federal agents spent approximately nine hours searching Trump’s Florida estate Monday, breaking into a safe as well as scouring former first lady Melania Trump’s wardrobe.Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty ImagesThey also searched a locked basement storage room, where 15 boxes of documents from the White House reportedly were kept. The documents reportedly included letters to Trump from former President Barack Obama and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.
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