The judge who authorized the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home has ruled that the search warrant affidavit that was filed in the case should be released, but with redactions. Court filings show the judge found the government did show compelling reasons to seal portions of the affidavit and ordered the DOJ to release a public docket version of the affidavit containing the redactions by 12pm ET on Friday.
to make public a redacted version of the affidavit. The directive came hours after federal law enforcement officials submitted under seal the portions of the affidavit that they want to keep secret as their investigation moves forward.
It's possible that the affidavit, particularly in its unredacted form, could shed light on key unanswered questions, including why sensitive presidential documents — classified documents, among them — were transported to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House and why Trump and his representatives did not supply the entire tranche of material to the National Archives and Records Administration despite repeated entreaties.