Judge Sets Path For Redacted Affidavit To Be Released
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US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart has put in motion a path that could lead to the affidavit of the Mar-A-Lago raid being released.
The release would be heavily redacted, however.
US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart set in motion on Thursday the possible public release of a heavily redacted version of the affidavit for the search at Mar-a-Lago.
The judge plans to hear more from the Justice Department by next week about how extensively investigators want to keep confidential the document that describes their investigative steps and methods leading to the need for the search.
Reinhart said he wasn’t convinced yet that the entire affidavit should remain undisclosed to the public.
“I’m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed” based on the record he has now, Reinhart said, adding that there are “portions” that could be unsealed.
The prosecutors will have to give reasoning to why certain parts of the warrant should be redacted.
