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DOJ opposes news media request to unseal Trump search affidavit, calls it 'roadmap' to investigation

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The Justice Department said in a new court filing Monday that it opposes an effort by multiple media organizations, including ABC News, to unseal the supporting affidavit behind the now-public search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
„There remain compelling reasons, including to protect the integrity of an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security, that support keeping the affidavit sealed,“ the filing states.
In a footnote, department officials write that they „carefully considered“ whether they could release the affidavit with redactions, but the redactions necessary to „mitigate harms to the integrity of the investigation would be so extensive as to render the remaining unsealed text devoid of meaningful content, and the release of such a redacted version would not serve any public interest.“
However, if the magistrate judge were to order the partial unsealing of the affidavit, „the government respectfully requests an opportunity to provide the Court with proposed redactions.“
The department also says that it does not object​ to the unsealing of other materials filed in connection with the search warrant, „whose unsealing would not jeopardize the integrity of this national security investigation,“ but with minor redactions to protect government personnel.

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