sandra: america reports with the justice department last hour submitting proposed redactions to the affidavit used as the basis of the search of former president trump s florida home. now it s up to a federal judge to determine how much of that document the public will actually get to see. hello, welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. happy friday eve. john: as we like to call it around here, that s what thursday is. good to see you, sandra. the federal judge who approved the warrant to search mar-a-lago is set to weigh the pros and cons of releasing portions of the affidavit. the judge acknowledged heavy redactions to make the document in essence meaningless. justice department maintaining it could be dangerous to release any part of the affidavit saying it could compromise the investigations. republicans, along with several news organizations are pressing for more information about what prompted the unprecedented search of a former president s home. sandra
Early today starts right now. Great being with you on a thursday morning. Im frances rivera. After weeks of president elect trumps loud and blunt public challenges against the intelligence community, leveling a series of social media attacks against the agencies and even going so far as to mock and dismiss their assessments, a new wall street journal report now says trump will look to dramatically revamp the office of national intelligence. It was tasked with overseeing the 17 different intel agencies. Its a move many insiders feared after trump repeatedly questioned the intel communitys capabilities. And it comes after the president elect took to twitter to praise julian assange, a person many including insider republicans see as a national foe. He said this of the wikileaks founder. Julian assange said a 14yearold could have hacked podesta. Why was was dnc so careless and said russians did not give him the info. Well, that was a different tone compared to House Speaker paul ryan hour
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