DOJ Opposes Release of Affidavit in Trump Search, Citing Probe
- Justice asks judge to keep filing sealed due to investigation
- Investigation ‘implicates national security,’ DOJ says
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The Justice Department said Monday it opposes the release of an FBI affidavit justifying a search warrant used to remove documents from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last week.
While DOJ had asked the court to release the search warrant itself last week, the department said in a filing that the affidavit “presents a very different set of considerations.”