The federal magistrate who greenlit the historic FBI raid on a former U.S. President — Donald Trump — has agreed to unseal and release some redacted documents that federal prosecutors used to justify.
The federal magistrate who greenlit the historic FBI raid on a former U.S. President — Donald Trump — has agreed to unseal and release some redacted documents that federal prosecutors used to justify the raid.
Judge Bruce Reinhart ruled from the bench after requests by media outlets, Judicial Watch, and former President Trump to release the documents the FBI and Department of Justice used as the basis for raiding and confiscating all types of material from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla. The raid was so intensive that investigators went through Melania Trump’s clothes, “leaving it a mess.”
Trump called for the release of the documents even though the information contained in them isn’t necessarily true and is most certainly negative for the former president. But he made the requests publicly and not in court.
The judge ruled that some of the information contained in the documents would need to be redacted, and that may take some time. A hearing has been called for next Thursday.
The warrant to get the loot was “overly broad” and “unconstitutional,” according to constitutional attorneys Alan Dershowitz, Robert Barnes, and others.
