U.S. prosecutors should consider releasing more Trump search details: former advisor

Trump's former advisor says the U.S. Justice Department should consider releasing at least some of the evidence it used to justify searching the former president's home.

The U.S. Justice Department should consider releasing at least some of the evidence it used to justify searching former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last week, Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday.

In an interview with Reuters, Bolton said he agrees with the Justice Department’s (DOJ) concerns about releasing the affidavit it used to convince a judge the FBI had probable cause to search Trump’s home at his Mar-a-Lago resort for classified materials.

However, he said the department’s usual policy of keeping quiet about pending investigations may not fly in this politically-charged environment.

“Probably it shouldn’t be released and I think DOJ is right. And I think Trump in fact knows they don’t want it released, which is why it’s easy for him to call for it to be released because he knows it’s not going to happen,” Bolton told Reuters in an interview.

“Justice is very reluctant to do that for good reasons, but I think they have got to be more creative here given the fire storm politically that they face.”

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FBI agents on Aug. 8 recovered 11 sets of classified material from Trump’s home, according to the search warrant and property receipt that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week asked the court to unseal, in an unusual move.

Bolton spoke a day before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart will hear arguments in a federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, by media outlets who want the Justice Department to release additional sealed records tied to the warrant, including the affidavit.