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Judge Initiates Release Of Documents Relating To Donald Trump Raid

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The US Attorney General refuses to release documents on the search of the former President. A court could now ensure more transparency. A Florida judge has ordered the partial release of documents authorizing a search warrant for ex-President Donald Trump's home . Judge Bruce Reinhart, at a hearing, directed the Justice Department to make redaction proposals next week, US media unanimously reported from the courtroom. Several media had requested publication. The Department of Justice, however, had argued that this could affect future investigations and the cooperation of witnesses. Jay Bratt, the department's head of counterintelligence and export control, told the judge releasing the statement was not in the public interest because it could harm the ongoing investigation. Lapid and Scholz Criticize Palestinian President Abu Mazen For Accusing Israel of Committing "50 Holocausts" In Berlin It is considered very unlikely that the entire documents will become public. Th...

Ex US President: FBI Is Said To Have Searched Trump For Documents About Nuclear Weapons

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According to a newspaper report, the US federal police were looking for secret documents in the former US President's estate. The justice minister defends the raid. When searching the property of former US President Donald Trump, the Federal Police FBI is said to have searched for secret documents about nuclear weapons, according to a media report. The Washington Post reported that the newspaper's unidentified sources did not say what the specific information was, or whether the information concerned the United States or other countries. The sources also did not provide any information as to whether relevant documents had been found during the search. US Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the request for a search warrant against criticism from Trump and those around him. "I personally endorsed the decision to seek a search warrant," Garland said in a late-night address in Washington. "The search warrant was granted by a federal court following the required...

Donald Trump: You Can't Get Rid Of Him Without Handcuffs

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FBI agents search Donald Trump's Florida home. Do the authorities have enough evidence to prosecute? The Republicans don't care, they're campaigning. It has long been known what Donald Trump thinks of law and order or even just the necessary bureaucratic customs in a democracy. It is hardly surprising that the former US President could not have taken it so seriously with the documentation requirements of his office. The fact that important, especially confidential, documents sometimes had to be torn out of the trash can in order to save them for the archive, or even ended up in the toilet – who is really surprised? The latter had already become known months ago, now there are even pictures . The US journalist Maggie Haberman will publish her book Confidence Man in October and will certainly have more to report on this matter. Trump has also been under investigation for a very long time, because he is said to have taken boxes of papers and whatever else he could carry with h...