and criminal investigation, the filing argsing the disclosure would likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose tennessee assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses as well as in other high profile investigations. in other words, this may not just be about retrooefg docu documents. separately, the department of justice unsealed charges against a pennsylvania man accused of threatening to kill fbi agents after the search. and the former president speaking to fox promised to help cool the climate of violence even while inciting it some more, calling it, quote, a very dangerous time, he said, quote, i will do whatever i can to help the country. he also said this, quote, and then they break into a president s house, a sneak attack where it was totally no one ever thought a thing like this would happen. he went on to again suggest the fbi planted evident and said, quote the people of this country are not going to stand for another scam, fire meet gasoline. al
affidavit could compromise the ongoing criminal investigation. it s been eight days since that unprecedented fbi action and we know that doj filter teams have combed through at least some of the contents retrieved from trump s home. we know this because doj returned trump s passports, three of them, in fact, that were found among the materials that were taken away by the fbi. we ve been tracking all of this for the past week. katelyn, what can we expect to happen at this hearing on thursday that has been called by that florida judge? reporter: alex, this hearing is going to be all about secrecy, and especially the arguments that the justice department is going to make to keep secret this very important document that backed up that search of mar-a-lago last monday. remember, that document, it s an afte affidavit. it s only been seen by the judge so far outside of prosecutors and investigators. and it s a narrative that would detail everything that has happened in this invest
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things are going to happen if the political climate does not change. the statement coming in his first interview since the raid on his florida compound last week. the former president telling fox news digital he will do whatever can he to help. also tonight the justice department wants to prevent the unsealing of the affidavit used to justify the search warrant request. it says the fact that this investigation, quote, implicates highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation. and exacerbates the potential for harm. if information is disclosed to the public prematurely or improperly. there is also a reference in the doj filing to federal rule 6 e. that signifies a grand jury. experts look at this say it may be a part of a concern trying to protect the identity of a witness or witnesses who are assisting in this. and perhaps other investigations. all of this comes as congressional republicans are pressing hard for addition