法官考虑公布支持搜寻前总统的宣誓书唐纳德·特朗普s Mar-a-Lago estate周四下令在周五中午之前公布一份经过编辑的版本。
不清楚司法部是否会上诉。
周四早些时候，司法部提交了对宣誓书的拟议修订。
治安法官布鲁斯·莱因哈特(Bruce Reinhart)在他的命令中说，在审查了DOJ的备忘录和拟议的修订后，他认为政府已经履行了自己的责任，证明有令人信服的理由和充分的理由来密封宣誓书的要求部分，因为“披露将会披露证人、执法人员和未被起诉方的身份，调查的战略、方向、范围、来源和方法，以及大陪审团的信息……”
他说，政府也履行了自己的责任，证明其拟议的修订“是狭义的，以服务于政府在正在进行的调查的完整性方面的合法利益，是密封整个宣誓书的最简单的替代方案。”
他要求DOJ在周五中午之前向公众提交一份包含周四提交的节录的宣誓书版本。
莱因哈特给了部门官员周四中午的最后期限，要求他们提交密封的拟议修订以及一份法律备忘录，解释他们认为应该隐藏在公众视野之外的信息的理由。莱因哈特曾表示，他不倾向于保持完整的宣誓书密封，他说，他认为其中有一部分可能会被解封。
政府上周在法庭上辩称，他们认为保护他们正在进行的刑事调查的完整性所必需的编辑将基本上使文件“毫无意义”。
包括美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)在内的一个媒体组织联盟敦促公布这份宣誓书，即使是经过编辑的——理由是鉴于搜查前总统住所的历史性质，需要进一步告知公众。
An aerial view shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estatein Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 10, 2022.
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DOJ反情报部门负责人杰伊·布拉特(Jay Bratt)表示，“不会有任何实质性内容”，并补充说，政府“非常担心证人的安全”，以及公布证词可能对其他证人产生的影响。
布拉特说:“给媒体一些毫无意义的东西不符合媒体的利益。
布拉特认为，文件中有一些信息，根据对事件的描述，可以很容易地识别证人，只有某些人知道这些信息。
莱因哈特在周一的一份文件中表示，他最终可能会站在政府一边。
“在这一点上，我不能说部分修订会如此广泛，以至于它们会导致无意义的披露，但在听取政府的进一步意见后，我可能最终会得出这一结论，”他说。
莱因哈特法官表示，他认为政府已经履行了“证明正当理由/令人信服的利益的责任，这种利益超越了公开宣誓书全部内容的任何公共利益。”
据认为，司法部可能会寻求立即上诉任何决定，将释放宣誓书的一部分，他们不舒服释放。
尽管前总统特朗普及其盟友公开呼吁公布完整的宣誓书，但自8月8日的搜查以来，他的法律团队在法庭上没有做出过这样的努力，包括周一向另一名联邦法官提交的动议的一部分，该动议要求任命一名特别大师来审查联邦调查局扣押的材料。
相反，特朗普的律师要求联邦法官艾琳·坎农(Aileen Cannon)发布一项命令，指示调查人员在任命一名特别负责人之前，停止对从Mar-a-Lago提取的材料的审查，归还在搜索中清理的任何个人材料，并提供更详细的被扣押物品收据。
这份文件充满了虚假、失实陈述，并公然提到特朗普可能宣布计划在2024年再次竞选总统，坎农法官似乎对此感到困惑。
周二，特朗普任命的坎农法官(Judge Cannon)发布了一项命令，要求特朗普的团队在周五之前提交一份补充文件，列出他们最初动议中没有包括的基本信息。
Judge orders release of redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit
The judge considering the release of the affidavit used to support the search of former PresidentDonald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday ordered a redacted version made public by noon on Friday.
It was unclear whether the Justice Department would appeal.
Earlier Thursday, the Justice Department submitted its proposed redactions to the affidavit.
In his order, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said that after reviewing DOJ's memorandum and proposed redactions he believes the government has met its burden of showing a compelling reason and good cause to seal the requested portions of the affidavit because "disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents, and uncharged parties, the investigation’s strategy, direction, scope, sources, and methods, and grand jury information..."
He says that the government has also met its burden in showing that its proposed redactions "are narrowly tailored to serve the Government’s legitimate interest in the integrity of the ongoing investigation and are the least onerous alternative to sealing the entire Affidavit."
He gave DOJ until noon Friday to file in the public docket a version of the affidavit containing the redactions sent Thursday.
Reinhart had given department officials a noon deadline Thursday to submit proposed redactions under seal as well as a legal memorandum explaining their justifications for the information that they believe should be kept hidden from public view. Reinhart had said he was not inclined to keep the full affidavit sealed, saying he believes there are portions of it that could presumably be unsealed.
The government argued in court last week that the redactions they believe would be necessary to protect the integrity of their ongoing criminal investigation would essentially render the document “meaningless.”
A coalition of media organizations, including ABC News, has urged for release of the affidavit even with redactions -- citing the need to further inform the public in light of the historic nature of the search of a former president’s residence.
Jay Bratt, the head of DOJ’s counterintelligence division, said “there would be nothing of substance” adding that the government is “very concerned about the safety of the witnesses” and the impact releasing the affidavit could have on other witnesses.
"It doesn't serve the media's interest to give them something that is meaningless,” Bratt said.
Bratt argued there is information in the document that could easily identify witnesses based on the descriptions of events that only certain people would have knowledge about.
Reinhart said in a Monday filing that he might ultimately side with the government.
"I cannot say at this point that partial redactions will be so extensive that they will result in a meaningless disclosure, but I may ultimately reach that conclusion after hearing further from the Government,” he said.
Judge Reinhart said that he believes the government has met "its burden of showing good cause/a compelling interest that overrides any public interest in unsealing the full contents of the Affidavit.”
It was thought the Justice Department would likely seek to immediately appeal any decision that would release portions of the affidavit they are not comfortable releasing.
While former President Trump and his allies have publicly called for the release of the full affidavit, his legal team has made no such efforts in court since the Aug. 8 search, including as part of their motion filed Monday before a separate federal judge calling for the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the FBI.
Instead, Trump’s lawyers requested federal Judge Aileen Cannon to issue an order directing investigators to halt their review of the materials taken from Mar-a-Lago pending appointment of a special master, return any personal materials swept up in the search, and provide a more detailed receipt of items that were seized.
The filing, which was riddled with falsehoods, misrepresentations and blatant references to a possible announcement of Trump’s plans to again run for the presidency in 2024, appeared to be met with confusion by Judge Cannon.
On Tuesday, Judge Cannon, a Trump appointee, issued an order requesting Trump’s team enter a supplemental filing by Friday with a line-item list of basic information not included in their original motion.
