Justice Department opposes unsealing Mar-a-Lago affidavit

Mar-a-Lago.
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The Department of Justice on Monday asked a judge not to unseal the affidavit that supported the search warrant of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, saying that making it public would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation."

The affidavit was submitted along with the search warrant, and contains "highly sensitive information about witnesses," the DOJ's court filing states. Those witnesses include people who have been interviewed by the government as part of a grand jury investigation, The Associated Press reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.