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it. more that from jessica schneider. reporter: a federal judge in florida says he wants at least some portions of the affidavit justifying the mar-a-lago search made public saying i m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed. before deciding, magistrate judge reinhart is giving the justice department one week to propose redactions. the doj has forcefully opposed releasing it saying it could derail their ongoing criminal says. much of our work is by necessity conducted out of the public eye. we do that to protect the constitutional rights of all americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations. reporter: judge reinhart has already released the search warrant and inventory of items taken from mar-a-lago, including 11 sets of classified documents. today he made several more filings public, including the doj s warrant application where they describe the potential offenses being investigated as the willful retention of national defens ....
and the traditions and the protocols are certain assumptions that we have made presidents will abide by the constitution he would exploit the holes in the system the way trump did and then have trump make excuses for him and lie. exhibit a, rudy giuliani four seasons total landscaping the hair and i and the lies. it was a call by? all the networks! wow! all the networks! you couldn t possibly believe that the company counting our phone is owned by two venezuelans who were allies of chavez her present allies of mentor with a company whose chairman is a close associate of george soros. he s the biggest donor to the democrat party, the biggest donor to antifa and the biggest donor to black lives matter. my goodness! look like on dope. it s quite clear this feeling. yeah it s always blames someone else right? and it s like. this blame that person. it s never them. let s blame the media, except they don t blame the media. a clown car full of lies, and now rudy giuliani i ....
The willful retention of national defense information, concealment or removal of government records and obstruction of a federal investigation. the newly released filings also show prosecutors believe they needed to file paperwork under seal before the search because they feared evidence might be destroyed and that they wanted to repo says several items that remained at trump s florida home illegally. in court doj lawyers did reveal a few details about the affidavit saying that it was very lengthy, very detailed and described what several witnesses told investigators. but the lawyers also argue that the release of any additional information could endanger the safety of government investigators or the witnesses sharing information with them. doj attorney jay bratt pointing to the volatile situation of people threatening fbi agents including an armed man later killed outside the field office in cincinnati, noting there are many amateur sleuths on the internet to find personal information ....
[voices overlapping] i m a member of the party, that everybody is a rhino. in their eyes, you mean? who s pure? if you re not sucking up to donald trump, you are not the goalpost keeps shifting with donald trump. you never know where he stands. you just have to be loyal to a person over a party. it s not just a vote on impeachment. she made this her one and only issue, liz cheney. she s the leader of the anti trump opposition in the republican party. you know, being so outspoken about it is would initially cost her her leadership position and house republican conference. it s obviously, you believe the polling is going to cost her her seat, but it seems like she has something else in mine. she s raised a ton of money. federal money to be transferred to a possible presidential campaign. but all the chaos you see around the rate of mar-a-lago, the georgia investigation, the doj investigation of january six, you have the civil investigation in new york. it is all this worth it ....
Investigation is ongoing. what is your take from the doj filing? i think it makes a lot of sense in the context of not only what they ve done traditionally and that the doj does not typically release affidavits of search warrants. and may be litigated after charges are brought. there s an interesting wording in that filing about relying on witnesses and may allow the identification of witnesses. it s clear to me that between that filing some of the reporting on the ground that the fbi has got out and interview people at mar-a-lago who have provided detail about the way documents were stored. more importantly, information that is a odds from trump s attorneys. it s important to highlight, it s tough for viewers when we hear top circuit, it sounds like something out of a movie, but what that means at the end of the day, literally if this material is disclosed, it could cause people to be arrested and ....