(CNN)Former President Donald Trump considers next escalation of feud with FBI doing. This has already putagents at risk,and appears to be part of his efforts to turn a house search for classified documents into a starting point for his 2024 election campaign. increase.
"When executing a search warrant for the purpose of recovering sensitive material, the last thing you want is for the video of that material to be released," McCabe said. He also warned that the tapes would pose risks to agents involved in the search and increase threats from the former president's "most extreme supporters." would match Trump's long-standing desire to discredit the FBI. And that's not just about possible violations of the law on presidential records, but also on potential violations of the law on presidential records, from the real question of the controversy, the fact that he took classified material home after the end of his administration. It will allow you to distract yourself. ways that may threaten national security.
Critical Court Hearing in Florida
The judge who approved the FBI search warrant, which was unsealed last week along with receipts for the property, will hold a hearing on Thursday to learn more about why he found a possible cause. We will discuss requests to open affidavits containing a crime had been committed.
The Department of Justice has strongly warned that disclosing affidavits at this stage "is likely to chill future cooperation" of witnesses. In the filing, it wrote that the damage would be exacerbated if details were released to the public prematurely because the investigation focused on highly sensitive material. It is one of the media organizations that asked the judge to open the affidavit, citing the historical significance of the search.)
One of Trump's purposes in seeking the release of affidavits may be to select individual pieces of information so that he can discredit them in the eyes of his supporters. threat. If, as the Justice Department says, releasing this information would dampen the cooperation of witnesses, the former president would also consider it to his advantage.
Still, the release of affidavits It's little certain that will benefit Trump. Similarly, a person close to Trump said releasing surveillance footage of the search could backfire on the former president if investigators were photographed removing a large number of documents, including classified material, from his residence.
On the affidavit issue, many legal experts report strong government opposition and intimidation of witnesses and potential FBI agents. Given the possibility of , we believe it is unlikely that a judge will order the release of the entire document.
"Even if this wasn't a national security investigation, I think it's very unlikely. Unsealing an affidavit in support of a search warrant is almost unheard of," constitutional attorney Paige Pate said Wednesday in CNN's "Newsroom." , demanding the release of affidavits on the grounds that the FBI and Justice Department need to justify the unprecedented step of organizing a search at the former president's home.
However, Pate said: "If the government opposes it, I don't think a judge will release it unless there is a substantial redaction, i.e. a black line over 90% of the affidavit."
More legal exposure for Trump world
The latest surprising developments involving the Trump campaign have raised legal challenges for those who have been with him during difficult times. Because it looks like there is. After the 2020 election. On Wednesday, former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared before a state grand jury after he was said to be the target of an investigation into a plot to overthrow the Georgia election. , raising concerns that the former president could face criminal charges in an investigation in Fulton County. Given the effort.
Trump and those around him The amount of investigations and legal concerns has been enormous, ranging from his business, his handling of classified material after leaving the White House, his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and his agitation. Mutiny at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
But the darkening legal thickets don't seem to distract the former president's most ardent supporters. To his lies about stolen elections.
"This is no longer a party, it's a cult, it's the cult of Donald Trump," former New Jersey Republican Gov. Whitman was reacting to Cheney's loss, which fell to a Trump-backed challenger promoting his misinformation and lying about the 2020 election. 81}
Cheney, deputy chairman of the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riots, said in a concession speech Tuesday night that Trump's actions in the wake of the FBI's investigation were not in the same state. It warned it could spark a new violent outburst, vein as his mob attack on the Capitol 19 months ago. Her comments seemed even more chilling in the wake of the former president's latest consideration of surveillance footage.
"Federal law enforcement is being threatened today. Threats of new violence are rising everywhere," Cheney said on Tuesday, referring to the threats after the FBI investigation.
“Patriotic Americans must not excuse or intimidate these threats.Our great nation is ruled by mobs provoked on social media.
