Specifically, CNN and the other outlets are asking for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida to unseal the entire record filed with the court, including all probable cause affidavits filed in support of the search warrant. The request was filed after the Justice Department submitted its own request with the federal court to unseal certain warrant materials. In remarks announcing the request, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is seeking the release of the “search warrant and property receipt” from the FBI’s search. Since the search on Trump’s home, his allies have demanded that the Justice Department explain the search, with some Republicans suggesting that the Department was being weaponized politically. Garland said Thursday that he “personally approved” the department’s decision to seek a search warrant.

Source: CNN August 11, 2022 22:58 UTC