{"id":1618791,"date":"2022-08-22T10:27:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618791"},"modified":"2022-08-22T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:27:32","slug":"judge-calls-trump-raid-unprecedented-formally-rejects-doj-plea-to-keep-things-under-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-calls-trump-raid-unprecedented-formally-rejects-doj-plea-to-keep-things-under-wraps\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Calls Trump Raid \u2018Unprecedented,\u2019 Formally Rejects DOJ Plea To Keep Things Under Wraps"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-calls-trump-raid-unprecedented-formally-rejects-doj-plea-to-keep-things-under-wraps%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-18T185922Z_1_LYNXMPEI7H0XK_RTROPTP_4_USA-TRUMP-SEARCH-scaled-e1661177496467.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) argument Monday to keep the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit under wraps, saying the government has the burden of proof to show why parts of the affidavit must be sealed.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/donald-trump-statement-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raided<\/a> the Florida home of Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/11\/trump-response-fbi-raid-merrick-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Aug. 8, sparking demands that the DOJ justify the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/15\/trump-warns-terrible-things-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unprecedented<\/a> search.<\/p>\n<p>Reinhart <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854\/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854.80.0_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> the government can keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/15\/trump-claims-fbi-seized-passports-mar-a-lago-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">search warrant affidavit<\/a>, which would shed light on the reasoning behind the warrant, sealed so long as \u201cthere is a compelling governmental interest and the denial of access is \u2018narrowly tailored to serve that interest.&#8217;\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/18\/federal-bureau-of-investigation-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-raid-russia-collusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: REPORT: FBI Was After Documents Trump Believed Would \u2018Exonerate\u2019 Him From Russia Conspiracy)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DOJ is arguing unsealing the affidavit \u201cwould jeopardize the integrity of its ongoing criminal investigation,\u201d with Reinhart saying he is greatly weighing the fact that \u201cthere is a significant likelihood that unsealing the Affidavit would harm legitimate privacy interests\u201d of those involved in the raid as well as witnesses as well the fact that Secret Service uses the premises at Mar-a-Lago and unsealing the affidavit could be a security threat.<\/p>\n<p>Reinhart also noted, however, that \u201cunsealing the Affidavit would promote public understanding of historically significant events. This factor weighs in favor of disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Magistrate Judge Reinhart has filed a written order memorializing his decision to consider unsealing portions of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>He notes that no one from Trump\u2019s team intervenet. Also says he may ultimately agree w\/ DOJ.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MqOuPYRRhE\">https:\/\/t.co\/MqOuPYRRhE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pipQdz2ckm\">pic.twitter.com\/pipQdz2ckm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyledcheney\/status\/1561692314245992450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nonetheless, Reinhart said he believes the DOJ has \u201cmet its burden of showing good cause\/a compelling interest that overrides any public interest in unsealing the full contents of the Affidavit\u201d but that he \u201cmust consider whether there is a less onerous alternative to unsealing the entire document.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reinhart then noted the DOJ\u2019s argument that redacting portions of the affidavit would cause an \u201cundue burden on its resources\u201d has not been justified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the intense public and historical interest in an unprecedented search of a former President\u2019s residence, the Government has not yet shown that these administrative concerns are sufficient to justify sealing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore reject the Government\u2019s argument that the present record justifies keeping the entire Affidavit under seal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reinhart granted the DOJ\u2019s request to give the agency the opportunity to propose redactions, with the deadline being August 25.<\/p>\n<p>Reinhart <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/18\/federal-judge-considering-partial-unseal-affidavit-donald-trump-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously announced<\/a> he was considering allowing a redacted version of the affidavit to be released as various media outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-mara-a-lago-search-warrant-affidavit-major-media-companies-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including<\/a> The New York Times and CNN pushed for the document to be released in the interest of the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) argument Monday to keep the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit under wraps, saying the government has the burden of proof<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1618791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}