Judge rejects DOJ arguments to keep ‘unprecedented’ FBI’s Trump raid affidavit entirely sealed

By Jerry Dunleavy

Published August 22, 2022 1:57pm ET

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Judge rejects DOJ arguments to keep ‘unprecedented’ FBI’s Trump raid affidavit entirely sealed — Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in civil investigation. Trump pleaded the Fifth Amendment today during his deposition before New York Attorney General Letitia James's office. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A judge suggested he may allow the Justice Department to keep the FBI affidavit behind its Mar-a-Lago raid mostly sealed, though he rejected the DOJ’s arguments that the justification underpinning the “unprecedented search” should be kept fully hidden.

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