Careful what you wish for, you just might get it. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the release of a redacted version of the hotly sought after FBI affidavit that caused a warrant to be granted to search Mar-a-Lago on August 8. Since that time the forces of MAGA have rallied to get their hands on the affidavit and that will happen tomorrow.
“I find that the Government has met its burden of showing a compelling reason/good cause to seal portions of the Affidavit because disclosure would reveal (1) the identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents, and uncharged parties, (2) the investigation’s strategy, direction, scope, sources, and methods, and (3) grand jury information protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e),” the judge wrote. Read full document at this link.
“Based on my independent review of the Affidavit, I further find that the Government has met its burden of showing that its proposed redactions are narrowly tailored to serve the Government’s legitimate interest in the integrity of the ongoing investigation and are the least onerous alternative to sealing the entire Affidavit,” Reinhart explained.
This is probably as good as it’s going to get for Trump and MAGA. The question is, will it be enough?
It’s important to note that the judge adopted the redactions proposed by DOJ.
A lot of information will remain redacted, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we learn new details about the extensive dialogue between the Executive Branch and the Trump Team *prior* to the warrant. https://t.co/7blrAqcZa7
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 25, 2022
We will see if this is the good thing for Trump that he so fervently believes that it is. He’s done a lot of fundraising off of the Deep State refusing him documentation that he wants so badly, well, now he’s going to get it. He’ll have to change the fundraising pitch, looks like. The alternative is to admit he wasn’t “raided” as copious fundraising emails have said and that the execution of the search warrant was valid.
This was said in an opinion piece on Fox News Digital, but don’t expect to hear it widely cried across the land. Trump’s making too much money off of being the party wronged, per usual.
No.
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Trump lies as often as we breath.
Not only will it NOT shut up Trump and his army of enabling suck-ups, it will cause them to scream even louder. Bullhorns, followed by rock concert amplifiers. And you know exactly what they will be screaming 24/7:
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING WITH THOSE REDACTIONS?
Even Trump knows damn well that nothing in that affidavit will be good for him if it winds up coming. Not the least of which because if it DOES get released it will be in court as charges are filed. However that’s a ways down the road, assuming it happens at all. In the meantime someone with Trump’s evil combination of ease with lying and social media/political connections will have plenty of tinfoil hat shit to throw around. And throw it they will, like rabid monkeys in a zoo.
that is the gop…above the law
they don’t even need to respond to subpoenas!
They wanted to see the warrant, and so it was released. That’s all that you normally get.
Wanting the affidavit is about harassing the people involved.
I do wish someone would ask “Why did Donald Trump never release his tax records before running for President in 2016? What did he have to hide by keeping them such a secret?”
Nope. As tater,(Ron white), once joked about being thrown out of a bar & when the police arrived they told him he had the right to remain silent. He said,(although drunk), he understood he had the right…just not the ability.