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Heavily Redacted Mar-a-Lago Raid Affidavit Released

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On Friday, the affidavit for a search warrant that resulted in the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence was released to the public in a heavily redacted form. "The government is conducting a criminal investigation concerning the improper removal and storage of classified …

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  1. Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit

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    Heavily Redacted Mar-a-Lago Raid Affidavit Released

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  1. Fox5 Atlanta

    DOJ submits redacted Trump affidavit that led to search at Mar-a-Lago (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    The affidavit is likely to contain key information about the FBI's basis for executing a search warrant at Donald Trump's club in Palm Beach.

  2. NBC4 Washington

    Redacted Affidavit for Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant to Be Made Public (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    A redacted version of the search warrant affidavit for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate will be unsealed Friday under a judge’s order. The Justice Department submitted its proposed redactions to the document on Thursday, prompting the judge to agree to unseal the document as submitt…

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Justice Department ordered to release redacted Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Tierney Sneed The Justice Department must release a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit by noon on Friday, a federal judge ruled. The affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed.

  4. Washington Post

    Justice Dept. submits redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit to judge (opens Washington Post)

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    The federal judge magistrate who approved the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and club will decide whether to make the redacted version of the affidavit public.

  5. CBS News

    Justice Department submits redacted version of Mar-a-Lago affidavit ahead of possible public release (opens CBS News)

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    A magistrate judge in Florida will now decide whether to unseal portions of the secret affidavit.

  6. Portland Press Herald

    Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Mar-a-Lago search (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The redactions proposed by the Justice Department are likely to be extensive, so it's not clear how much new information about the investigation will be revealed.

  7. WMUR

    Judge orders DOJ to release redacted version of Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit by Friday (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    The judge said the department must file its redacted version by noon Friday.

  8. Washington Times

    Justice Department files redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit for possible release (opens Washington Times)

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    The Justice Department on Thursday filed under seal its proposed redactions to the affidavit that explains the reasons for its unprecedented raid of former President Trump’s residence in the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

  9. Forbes

    Biden Administration Files Redacted Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit In Court—Here’s What Happens Next (opens Forbes)

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    The judge still hasn’t decided whether he’ll release the affidavit with redactions.

  10. Tucson

    Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Mar-A Lago search (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    The redactions proposed by the department are likely to be extensive, so it’s not clear how much new information about the investigation will be revealed.

  11. Forbes

    Biden Administration Must Release Redacted Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit, Judge Rules (opens Forbes)

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    The judge said the DOJ had "narrowly tailored" its redactions to avoid compromising its investigation.

  12. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    READ: Justice Department's Mar-a-Lago search affidavit (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    The Justice Department has released a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the search of former president Donald Trump's Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.

  13. Government Executive

    FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit Reveals How Trump May Have Compromised National Security – a Legal Expert Answers 5 Key Questions (opens Government Executive)

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    A search warrant expert breaks down the affidavit the FBI used to search Mar-a-Lago, and the national security concerns it presents.

  14. Omaha World-Herald

    Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    The Justice Department has released a heavily redacted document on why federal agents searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Live coverage here.

  15. KGW Portland

    Top takeaways from the unsealed Mar-a-Lago search affidavit (opens KGW Portland)

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    The document includes new details about the sheer volume of sensitive and highly classified information that was stored at the former president’s Florida home.

  16. 10TV Columbus

    Here's what the affidavit for the Mar-a-Lago search said (opens 10TV Columbus)

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    Although large portions of the document were redacted, it provides a deeper glimpse into the criminal investigation surrounding the former president.

  17. Fox7 Austin

    Redacted affidavit in Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate search to be released (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    A heavily-redacted document is set to be released explaining the justification for an FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, where agents removed top secret government records.

  18. New York Times

    The Affidavit for the Search of Trump’s Home, Annotated (opens New York Times)

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    Read the affidavit that outlined the Justice Department’s case for obtaining a warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida home and private club, on Aug. 8.

  19. Newsweek

    Mar-a-Lago affidavit should deepen Trumpworld's sense of dread (opens Newsweek)

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    The Justice Department released an extensively redacted version of the affidavit that federal authorities used to justify the warrant to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago compound earlier this month. Trump allies hoping that more information from the DOJ might reveal the whole thing

  20. WMUR

    FBI affidavit: Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines, other items at Mar-a-Lago (opens WMUR)

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    The 32-page affidavit, even in its heavily redacted form, offers the most detailed description to date of the government records being stored at Trump's Mar-a-Lago property.

  21. 12News Phoenix

    DOJ releases redacted affidavit justifying Mar-a-Lago search by FBI (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    The document is heavily blacked out, but provides new information about what led the FBI to search the former president's estate.

  22. Fox5 Atlanta

    Redacted affidavit in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago search released by Justice Department (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this year contained documents with classification markings, according to a newly-released FBI affidavit.

  23. France 24

    US judge releases search affidavit for Trump's Mar-a-Lago home (opens France 24)

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    Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this year contained documents with classification markings, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday…

  24. NBC News

    Redacted FBI affidavit used to justify search of Mar-a-Lago is released (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The affidavit led a judge to find probable cause that evidence of crimes would be found at former President Donald Trump's Florida property before the Aug. 8 search.

  25. Politico

    Trump Mar–a-Lago affidavit reveals ‘handwritten notes,’ highly-classified material led to warrant request (opens Politico)

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    Records the FBI obtained from Trump’s Florida home in advance of the Aug. 8 search bore indications they contained human source intelligence.

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