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The newly released affidavit that prompted a judge to approve a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida shows the warrant should not have been approved, Trump said on Aug. 26.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who signed off on the warrant, “should NEVER have allowed the Break-In of my home,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Reinhart said during a recent hearing that he relied on the information in the affidavit, and nothing else, when he decided to approve the warrant application.
The warrant was approved on Aug. 5 and executed at Mar-a-Lago three days later.
Agents asked for the warrant months after they reviewed files transferred from Trump’s residence to the U.S. archivist, according to the affidavit. That review, which took place in May, identified classified materials, including some that appeared to include national defense information.
Trump may have violated three different laws, including one governing the handling of such materials, the agent who authored the affidavit said.
