on. the deadline is noon, but it could happen before then. the justice department has been ordered by a federal judge to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbi s search of mar-a-lago, again, by noon today. it could come out earlier. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. and in his order that came out yesterday very quickly judge bruce reinhart said the justice department had made a good argument for why portions of this document that are behind the mar-a-lago search should remain shielded, saying, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents, uncharged parties, maybe the investigation s strategy, direction, scope. sources, methods and grand jury information. the judge agreeing with the justice department s requested cuts as we are learning new details about what s happening inside trump s legal team and the advice that he is getting from a
that he might have brought with him from the white house to mar-a-lago at the end of his presidency and he had started to sort of convince the former president of that thinking as well. one adviser told me that it was, quote, downhill once tom finton got involved because trump s willingness to cooperate with the national archives really it took it sort of broke down after finton became involved. it s not just finton, john, who has been creating anxiety inside trump s orbit, his legal team right now is really not seen as the most competent circle of folks who are surrounding him. he has christina bob who is a former one america news anchor and previously worked with rudy giuliani to try to overturn the 2020 election results. he has lindsey hall began whose primary background is in insurance litigation. a lawyer who worked on parking garage litigation in new jersey. the only adviser they feel is up