But the magistrate accepted the authorities’ request to redact important parts of the document — which might otherwise have revealed the identity of certain actors in the case — in the name of a need “imperiousto protect the investigations.
Authorities waited until the last minute Friday to comply, releasing the 38-page document shortly following 12:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. HB), the deadline set by Judge Reinhart.
Subterfuge
Reacting to the publication on Friday, Donald Trump once more denounced on his Truth Social network a “witch hunt“, and a “subterfuge from with“, noting that these court documents did not mention “nothing“potential documents relating to”nuclear” evoked a time in the American press.
“We live in a lawless country“, he was indignant shortly before.
On Monday, the former US president called for an independent expert to be appointed to examine the documents seized by the FBI and determine which ones might keep “confidential” and thus not be used in investigations.
The list of items seized by the FBI, already made public, mentions many classified documents “top secret“. The whole question is to know what these documents are regarding.
Investigators suspect the Republican of having violated an American law on espionage which very strictly regulates the possession of confidential documents. Donald Trump assured that these documents had been declassified.
