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Laura Coates Live

DOJ Ordered to Release Redacted Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

A federal judge has ordered the redacted Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit to be released by Friday at noon. Justice Department Spokesman Anthony Coley says: “The United States has filed a submission under seal per the Court’s order of Aug. 22. The Justice Department respectfully declines further comment as the Court considers the matter.” Meanwhile, President Biden decries “semi-fascism” beneath “extreme MAGA philosophy”. As the midterm elections approach, candidates share their stances on abortion, the economy, and Trump. President Biden will make a wide-ranging case for Democrats as he gives a significant political speech at a Democratic National Committee rally in Maryland Thursday evening. Plus, Biden gets mixed reviews on his decision to cancel $10,000 in debt for those making less than $125,000 a year, and CNN talks to a teacher who resigned over an Oklahoma law requiring teachers to censor books. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The news continues.

0:05.9

Let's hand over Laura Coates and CNN tonight.

0:07.9

Laura?

0:08.9

Thanks Anderson.

0:09.9

Nice to see you.

0:10.9

Nice to see all of you out there as well.

0:11.9

I am Laura Coates and this is CNN tonight.

0:14.7

Look, I mean, I knew because I had a whole new meeting for Donald Trump tomorrow.

0:20.1

Not a cowboy western, but tomorrow the Justice Department has set until noon Eastern time

0:25.6

tomorrow to release the redacted keep that word in mind, the redacted version of the

0:30.9

affidavit that led to that Mar-a-Lago search.

0:33.7

And this could move us that much closer to understanding why the government felt it had

0:37.9

to do this as opposed to waiting and going back and forth yet again with the former administration.

0:44.7

But let's be clear here, this also could not move and honestly the needle all that much

0:49.9

for you out there in the public because there's a reason these things are often kept under

0:54.0

wraps and has a lot to do with protecting the rights of the person whose home or estate

0:59.1

in this case is being searched.

1:00.9

And of course, the safety of witnesses and sources.

1:04.0

The judge said as much when he cleared the way for the FBI agents to execute that warrant

1:08.4

back on August 8th and sang in his written order, quote, the government has met its burden

1:14.1

of showing a compelling reason, good cause to seal portions of the affidavit because

1:19.7

this disclosure would reveal one, the identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents and

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