The federal magistrate judge had previously donated to former President Barack Obama and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
The judge who reportedly signed off on an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence previously represented some employees of Jeffrey Epstein and has made donations to candidates from both political parties.
Trump lawyer Christina Bobb said that federal magistrate judge Bruce Reinhart approved the warrant that permitted the FBI raid on the former president’s Florida property in Palm Beach on Monday.
Reinhart has been a magistrate judge since 2018. Magistrate judges are appointed by district judges to deal with matters including bond hearings and signing off on search warrants.
He previously served as a federal prosecutor before going on to act as defense counsel for some employees of Epstein, the late convicted sex offender.
The judge studied at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania and went on to work at the U.
