Former President Donald Trump is demanding the “immediate release” of the “completely unredacted affidavit” behind what he calls the “horrible and shocking BREAK-IN” at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump, 76, made the demand on his Truth Social platform late Monday, hours after the Justice Department said it opposed the affidavit’s release because the action would be “highly likely to compromise future investigative steps.”
“There is no way to justify the unannounced RAID of Mar-a-Lago, the home of the 45th President of the United States (who got more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history of our Country!), by a very large number of gun-toting FBI Agents, and the Department of ‘Justice,’” wrote the former commander-in-chief.
“But, in the interest of TRANSPARENCY, I call for the immediate release of the completely Unredacted Affidavit pertaining to this horrible and shocking BREAK-IN,” he said of last week’s search.
“Also, the Judge on this case should recuse!” he insisted of Judge Bruce W. Reinhart, who had mysteriously recused himself in a case surrounding Trump’s 2016 presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, in June
His demand came after the DOJ objected to efforts seeking to unseal the affidavit, warning that it “implicates highly classified material” as well as “highly sensitive information about witnesses” and “specific investigative techniques.”