Federal judge unseals more of Trump affidavit as alleged co-conspirator and ‘body man’ pleads not guilty in classified documents case – By Marisa Sarnoff (Law and Crime) / July 6, 2023
A federal judge unsealed portions of the government’s filing in support of its classified documents indictment of Donald Trump, detailing the caught-on-camera actions of Trump’s accused co-conspirator, who allegedly moved dozens of boxes out of a storage room as the investigation was underway.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s order Wednesday partially granted a media coalition’s request to unseal the probable cause affidavit in support of the March 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort where Trump lives.
Media organizations have sought to have the entire affidavit unsealed, but Reinhart wasn’t convinced to go that far.
“I find that additional portions of the search warrant affidavit should be unsealed, but that the entire affidavit should not be unsealed,” the order says. “I further find that the Government has met its burden of showing that its proposed redactions of the affidavit are narrowly tailored to serve the Government’s legitimate interests and are the least onerous alternative to sealing the entire search warrant affidavit.”
