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US DOJ objects to release of affidavit for search warrant of Trump’s home

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced it opposes revealing the affidavit for a search warrant of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida. Federal agents executed the search warrant on August 8. Prosecutors say that revealing the affidavit “could alter the investigation’s trajectory, reveal ongoing and future investigative efforts, and undermine agents’ ability to collect evidence or obtain truthful testimony.”

In a statement, Trump said that he encourages “the immediate release” of the documents. Trump also called the investigation “inappropriate and highly unethical” and an “unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement.”

Although DOJ wishes to keep the affidavit sealed, it released the search warrant, attachments, and property receipt from the search. According to the property recept, DOJ confiscated multiple boxes of documents marked “Top Secret” from Trump’s home.

The warrant also shows that Trump is under investigation for violating three provisions of US Criminal Code: gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information, destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations, and concealment, removal or mutilation of documents.