USA v. Sealed Search Warrant

  1. July 28, 2023

    Feds Call Mar-A-Lago Transparency Request 'Extraordinary'

    Prosecutors on Friday opposed what they called an "extraordinary request" by media organizations for periodic updates on whether more parts of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit can be unsealed in connection with Donald Trump's classified documents case, saying it would interfere with trial preparations.

  2. July 05, 2023

    Mar-A-Lago Surveillance Video Shows Boxes Being Moved

    Donald Trump's personal aide was captured on surveillance video at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida moving dozens of file storage boxes days after being interviewed by the FBI, according to newly unsealed details in an affidavit and other court filings.

  3. September 13, 2022

    More Portions Of Mar-A-Lago Warrant Unsealed By Court

    D.C. federal grand jury subpoenas issued to former President Donald Trump turned up surveillance footage and documents tied to some of the federal government's most sensitive national security operations, according to a newly unsealed version of the affidavit prosecutors used to obtain a search warrant for Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

  4. August 26, 2022

    3 Takeaways From Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit

    The heavily redacted probable cause affidavit unsealed Friday did not provide many new details about the investigation into former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, but it did give hints about what kinds of documents federal authorities found on the Florida property and how they got that information.

  5. August 26, 2022

    Redacted Affidavit For Mar-A-Lago Warrant Made Public

    Prosecutors had reason to believe sensitive documents were being improperly kept at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate after finding "a lot of classified records" intermixed with other documents in a batch handed over by Trump in December, according to an affidavit of probable cause for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant partially unsealed in Florida federal court Friday.

  6. August 25, 2022

    Judge Orders Release Of Redacted Affidavit In Trump Search

    A Florida federal judge on Thursday accepted the government's proposed redactions to the affidavit of probable cause that led to the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate and ordered the release of the redacted affidavit by noon Friday.

  7. August 22, 2022

    Judge Points To Witness Risks In Mar-A-Lago Affidavit Fight

    Citing the risk of witness intimidation, a judge said Monday he may unseal the key affidavit that led to the unprecedented FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, but that it might be so heavily redacted as to be "meaningless."

  8. August 18, 2022

    Fla. Judge May Unseal Part Of Mar-A-Lago Warrant Affidavit

    A Florida federal magistrate judge on Thursday said he is inclined to allow a partial unsealing of the affidavit in support of the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.

  9. August 15, 2022

    Feds Want Mar-a-Lago Warrant Affidavit Kept Under Wraps

    Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a Florida federal judge to keep the affidavit in support of the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence sealed, citing national security concerns and calling the document a "roadmap" to the government's ongoing criminal investigation.

  10. August 12, 2022

    Trump Warrant Shows Espionage, Obstruction Investigation

    Former President Donald Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice and potential violations of the Espionage Act, according to a search warrant for his Mar-a-Lago property unsealed Friday afternoon.