A US judge on Thursday (August 25th) ordered the release of a court document setting out the reasons for the recent federal police (FBI) search of the Florida home of former President Donald Trump, while accepting that the text be copiously redacted .
The document, supposed to detail the reasons which prompted the Ministry of Justice to investigate and which could reveal the identity of certain actors in the case, must be made public by Friday at 12:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. GMT), decided the federal judge Bruce Reinhart.
But most of these elements will probably remain secret, Bruce Reinhart having accepted the request of the Ministry of Justice, which argued a
“compelling”
need to redact important parts of the document in the interest of the investigations.
On Monday, Bruce Reinhart ordered that the account be at least partially released, citing unprecedented public interest in the search of the home of a former US president.
Authorities had objected to its release, saying it would require redacting
"so extensive that the rest of the leaked text would be devoid of any significant content"
.
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On August 8, the FBI raided Donald Trump's residence in Florida, Mar-a-Lago, seizing boxes of confidential documents that the Republican had not returned to the public authorities, despite multiple requests.
Donald Trump, who flirts with the idea of a candidacy for the presidential election of 2024, denounces this search, which he describes as a
"witch hunt"
targeting him.
On Thursday, the tycoon once again claimed his innocence on his Truth Social network, accusing
"radical left-wing Democratic prosecutors"
of
"illegally raiding
(his)
home."
“They even broke into my safe, an unspeakable act!”
, he was indignant.
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