The federal judge who decides whether to release reasons why the FBI recorded Mar-a-Lago, the residence of former President Donald Trump in Florida, is interested in publishing them but has not yet decided to do so.
In a document published this Monday, Judge Bruce Reinhart detailed that will wait for the text that ordered the Prosecutor’s Office to deliver before next Thursday, hiding the most sensitive data that may affect the investigation.
Reinhart, who at last Thursday’s hearing in West Palm Beach was inclined to publish the affidavit with sensitive parts hidden, He points out this Monday that he will analyze the fact because it could result in the text being “meaningless” for the media that have requested its disclosure.
the affidavit describes the evidence the Department of Justice relied on to justify the search from the house of the former president on August 8.
The judge indicated in this sense that he can agree with the prosecutors that any blackouts from the original document would be so extensive as to render the document useless.
“I can’t say at this time that the partial studs will be so extensive that they will result in a pointless disclosurebut I can finally come to that conclusion after hearing more from the Government,” Reinhart wrote.
He added that the Government has demonstrated “good cause/compelling interest that overrides any public interest in disclosing the full contents of the Affidavit.”
In the document of 13 pages Today, the judge also assures that he “carefully” reviewed the “sworn statement” before signing the search warrant that authorized the FBI to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
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It also underlines thate the facts contained in the affidavit were “reliable” and that he “was and is” satisfied with his decision.
The search warrant released showed that Trump took classified material from the White House to his residence. Said order also pointed out the crimes in which he may be incurring: Violation of the Espionage Law, obstruction of justice and destruction of documents.