the judge who signed the warrant FBI search permission Donald Trump‘s mar-a-lago The residence has directed Justice Department To respond to a request to close it.
Mr Trump himself has the privilege of issuing the warrant, but has yet to do so despite calls from the political spectrum to make it public. As a result, newspapers and campaign groups are suing to get it up for public scrutiny.
Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered Wednesday that “on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 15, 2022, the government will file a response to quash the motion. To avoid disclosing matters already under seal.” reply may be filed ex-parte and under seal. In that event, the Government shall file a revised response in the public record.”
The decision does not guarantee that the warrant will be closed in its entirety, but it does at least raise the possibility that it could be made public within a week, despite Mr Trump’s reticence to share. .
Among the groups seeking to revoke the warrant are Judicial Watch, a right-wing organization that has a long history of chasing unflattering information about Democrats through legal action. Also demanding to seal the warrant new York Times And this Albany Times-Union,
Various attempts to make the warrant public have been divided on political grounds. judicial oversight The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Justice Department are based on the objective of “educating the public” about potential politicization and whether the FBI and the Justice Department are abusing their law enforcement powers to harass a potential future political opponent. President Biden”.
Timesspeed ofConversely, argues for the release on the grounds of “extreme public interest, involving the actions of current and former government officials”, writing that the paper sought to “provide information to the public about this unprecedented discovery in politics”. Dedicated significant news-gathering resources to “the climate in which uncertainty about the purpose and basis of discovery is fueling discrimination and unbridled bias”.
acuity referred to by Times Trump and his allies have seen misinformation and unsubstantiated claims about the raids spread, while the Justice Department and the FBI on Monday stopped short of sharing any critical details about the property search without warning.
The ensuing anger among Mr Trump’s supporters has been exacerbated by right-wing media, and has seen an increase in violent threats directed at Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, as well as Mr Reinhart.
The hate speech and threats directed at him are so intense that his profile page has been removed from the Palm Beach Federal Court website.