Parts of Trump search warrant affidavit to be unsealed Friday, judge orders

An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022.

The affidavit used to get a search warrant for Donald Trump's Florida home will be made public on Friday.

The Department of Justice submitted a proposal in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida detailing how it wanted portions of the affidavit to be kept secret. It's not possible to know what the DOJ wants to hide in the affidavit of the search warrant.

The DOJ has met its burden in showing there was a compelling reason to keep portions of the affidavit out of the public eye, according to the order written by the judge.

Disclosure would reveal the identities of law enforcement agents, witnesses, and un charged parties, as well as the investigation's strategy and direction.

The FBI agents raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach on August 8th.

The boxes of documents were seized as part of a criminal investigation of the removal of presidential records from the White House. Many of those documents were not open to the public.

The law prohibiting the removal of official records is one of the things the DOJ is looking into.

When a president leaves office, his records must be given to the National Archives.

A group of media organizations requested that the entire affidavit be sealed. The affidavit would detail why authorities believed there was probable cause for the crime.

What evidence might be at the target location would be described in the affidavit.