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DOJ: MAL search about "an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security"
...the DOJ request confirms that the search was about "an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security," and not just an errand for the National Archives.
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 · 4h
Breaking on @MSNBC: Federal prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing the Trump search warrant matter to keep the warrant affidavit sealed "to protect the integrity of an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national security."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854.59.0_12.pdf
Link to tweet
Justice Department asks judge to keep Trump’s search warrant affidavit sealed, citing investigation
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-asks-judge-keep-trumps-search-warrant-affidavit-sea-rcna43223
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Link to tweet
also Trump threats to the FBI and witness tampering:
emptywheel @emptywheel 6h
In filing opposing unsealing of the affidavit, DOJ points to threats Trump ginned up against FBI agents to substantiate threats that witnesses would face, and then says it needs their cooperation in this "as well as in other high-profile investigations." twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1559456968586272768
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854/gov.uscourts.flsd.617854.59.0_14.pdf