Media Companies to Attempt to Convince U.S. Judge to Unseal Trump Search Warrant Affidavit

Lawyers for media companies are set to appear before a federal judge in Florida on Aug. 18 to try to make the case that the main document underpinning the FBI search warrant that was executed at a residence of President Trump should be made public. Lawyers representing the Associated Press, CNN, the Miami Herald, and other companies will go before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the warrant that was executed on Aug. 8 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. While the warrant itself and several related documents, including an incomplete inventory of items taken from Trump’s residence, were unsealed…