A pedestrian walks past a Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation seal outside the J Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington. AFP
A pedestrian walks past a Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation seal outside the J Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington. AFP
A pedestrian walks past a Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation seal outside the J Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington. AFP
A pedestrian walks past a Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation seal outside the J Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington. AFP

US Justice Department opposes revealing Trump search affidavit


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The US Justice Department on Monday said it opposes unsealing the affidavit that prosecutors used to obtain a federal judge's approval to search former president Donald Trump's Florida home, where they seized classified documents.

“If disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a road map to the government's continuing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps,” prosecutors wrote in their filing.

The former president's Republican allies in recent days have ramped up their calls for Attorney General Merrick Garland to unseal the document, which would reveal the evidence that prosecutors showed to demonstrate they had probable cause to believe crimes were committed at Mr Trump's home — the standard they had to meet to secure the search warrant.

  • Supporters of former US president Donald Trump protest against the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. South Florida Sun-Sentinel / AP
    Supporters of former US president Donald Trump protest against the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. South Florida Sun-Sentinel / AP
  • Trump supporters demonstrate outside Mar-a-Lago. Bloomberg
    Trump supporters demonstrate outside Mar-a-Lago. Bloomberg
  • Trump supporters wave flags and hold signs outside Mar-a-Lago after the FBI carried out a search warrant at the former president's residence. EPA
    Trump supporters wave flags and hold signs outside Mar-a-Lago after the FBI carried out a search warrant at the former president's residence. EPA
  • Mr Trump is facing intensified legal and political pressure after FBI agents searched his Florida home to investigate whether he took classified documents from the White House when he left office. Bloomberg
    Mr Trump is facing intensified legal and political pressure after FBI agents searched his Florida home to investigate whether he took classified documents from the White House when he left office. Bloomberg
  • Supporters of Mr Trump demonstrate outside Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. Bloomberg
    Supporters of Mr Trump demonstrate outside Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. Bloomberg
  • A Trump supporter waves a flag outside Mar-a-Lago. Bloomberg
    A Trump supporter waves a flag outside Mar-a-Lago. Bloomberg
  • A Trump supporter drives past the former president's estate. AP
    A Trump supporter drives past the former president's estate. AP
  • Trump supporters, members of the media and law enforcement gather near Mar-a-Lago. The Palm Beach Post / AP
    Trump supporters, members of the media and law enforcement gather near Mar-a-Lago. The Palm Beach Post / AP
  • A flag flies in the air near former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. AP
    A flag flies in the air near former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. AP
  • A Trump supporter holds the Betsy Ross flag at a gathering outside the former president's Mar-a-Lago home. Reuters
    A Trump supporter holds the Betsy Ross flag at a gathering outside the former president's Mar-a-Lago home. Reuters

On Friday, at the Justice Department's request, a federal court in south Florida unsealed the search warrant and several accompanying legal documents that showed that FBI agents carted away 11 sets of classified records from Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

Some of the records seized were labelled “top secret” — the highest level of classification reserved for the most closely held US national security information.

Such documents usually are kept in special government facilities because disclosure could damage national security.

The Justice Department on Monday cited this as another reason to keep the affidavit sealed, saying the probe involves “highly classified materials”.

The agency said it would not oppose the release of other sealed documents tied to the search, such as cover sheets and the government's motion to seal.

The warrant released on Friday showed that the Justice Department is investigating the breach of three laws, including a provision in the Espionage Act that prohibits the possession of national defence information and another statute that makes it a crime to knowingly destroy, conceal or falsify records with the intent to obstruct an investigation.

Mr Trump has since claimed, without evidence, that he had a standing order to declassify all of the materials recovered at his home.

The decision by Mr Garland to unseal the warrant was highly unusual, given the Justice Department's policy not to comment on pending investigations.

On the same day Mr Garland announced his decision to seek to unseal the warrant, an armed man with right-wing views tried to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He was later shot dead by police following a car chase.

Prosecutors on Monday cited the recent violence and increasing threats against the FBI as another reason not to release the affidavit.

“Information about witnesses is particularly sensitive given the high-profile nature of this matter and the risk that the revelation of witness identities would impact their willingness to co-operate with the investigation,” they wrote.

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