DOJ Counterintelligence Chief Says FBI’s Trump Investigation in ‘Early Stages’

The DOJ counterintelligence chief said Thursday that the federal government’s investigation into allegedly classified materials found at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is in its “early stages.” “This investigation is open. It is in its early stages,” DOJ Chief of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section Jay Blatt told U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on Thursday while arguing against releasing the affidavit. Previously, DOJ lawyers said in court filings that its release would damage the integrity of its investigation. “The government is very concerned about safety of the witnesses in these cases” and may put a chill on other witnesses coming forward,…