Trump lawyer does not ‘believe’ that secret nuclear documents found at Mar-a-Lago
Republicans are stepping up calls for the release of the FBI affidavit justifying the seizure of documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
A search warrant released last week revealed that the former president had 11 sets of classified documents at his home, and that the Justice Department had probable cause to conduct the search based on possible Espionage Act violations.
Republicans are now demanding the bureau release its submissions that persuaded judge Bruce Reinhart to issue the search warrant.
“The Justice Department should ‘show that this was not just a fishing expedition, that they had due cause to go in and to do this, that they did exhaust all other means,” Republican senator Mike Rounds told NBC.
The unsealing of such affidavits is highly unusual and would require approval from a federal judge.
The demand comes amid reports of heightened threats against federal law enforcement personnel in the wake of the raid.
