Posted on 08/26/2022 8:14:35 AM PDT by lowbridge
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and publicly called for the release of an FBI affidavit that formed the basis of the bureau's search of his Mar-a-Lago club and private residence. On Thursday, a federal judge granted Trump's request, ordering the release of a redacted version of the affidavit.
But legal and national-security experts say the former president should be careful what he wishes for and that the document's release could land him in more hot water.
Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ruled that the Justice Department must file a redacted version of the affidavit to the public docket by noon ET on Friday. But he agreed to keep under seal parts of the affidavit that could reveal:
The identities of witnesses, law enforcement personnel, and uncharged parties
The strategy, direction, and scope of the department's investigation into Trump's handling of government documents
Sources and methods
Grand jury information
But even with those redactions, experts say, the document could still reveal key information about events leading up to the FBI's unprecedented search of the former president's home that could be damaging to him.
John Dean, who served as Richard Nixon's White House counsel and later became the star witness in Congress' Watergate investigation, told CNN that he "can't imagine that Trump is going to be happy with this document, given the fact it was an advocacy document written to persuade the judge to find probable cause to undertake a search."
The FBI's search warrant showed that investigators believed Trump may have violated three US laws, including the Espionage Act, when he moved government records from the White House to Mar-a-Lago upon leaving the presidency and then resisted turning them back over.
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Sure, and I’m the queen of England.
5.56mm
Sure, and I’m the queen of England.
5.56mm
LOL! Laughable BS.
Looks like they redacted the part about seaching Melania’s underwear drawer.
I stopped reading when I got to John Dean.🙄
Legal and national security experts? What are their eff’n names? What makes them experts? What did they ever achieve? This is just more fake news. Eff Yahoo!
Yahoo’s legal experts? Waste of time.
Yahoo is a LEFT WING HACK SITE.
Don’t believe anything you read in the left wing democrat media.
ANYTHING !!!
Ha! “Experts”
“Experts say”
The affidavit doesn’t “lead up to” jack squat . . .
Yahoo is not credible and it’s written by communists who are paid per click. Each click gives them money to buy food and pay the rent. If you want to starve a communist, don’t post anything from Yahoo on FR.
The articles are poorly written and provide no insight. Starve a communist and stop posting crap from Yahoo.
Or post an archived link only of the article, that way Yahoo gets no clicks and we still can laugh at their clown takes.
More bull crap- he declassified all the documents under the president records acts
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