Actually on Aug 4 Trump submitted a motion to deny a request to dismiss the case. Then the next day the Judge Reinhardt signed the order for the raid.
Did Reinhardt recuse himself earlier this summer, hoping “they” could get the case dismissed, but just in case they didn’t - that he would be available to sign just such a warrant (without seeming obviously to have conflict of interest) as a last resort to get whatever evidence they are afraid of that might come out in this RICO case Trump has filed.
I wish I knew how to get access to case filings in Southern District of Florida, I dont know how to do that.
See post #79. Link provided. :-)