Facts

• On Wednesday, the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) released some previously-redacted parts of the warrant application it used to get permission to search former Pres. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence last year.
• The decision followed an order earlier in the day from Judge Bruce Reinhart of the Southern District in Florida, who rejected a request from media outlets to unseal the entire affidavit but agreed to compel the DOJ to release more details.
• The unredacted portions detailed how the FBI's "probable cause" was a photograph of boxes of documents stacked in a storage unit, also explaining how investigators obtained footage from a security camera of the storage unit — including video of people leaving with boxes.
• The saga began after Trump returned 15 boxes of government records to the National Archives in January 2022. However, the boxes contained classified documents, prompting prosecutors to subpoena Trump in May to return more boxes.
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) subsequently searched Trump's home in August, turning up more than 100 classified documents he had yet to return.
• Trump, who pleaded not guilty, was indicted on 37 counts in relation to the documents found in the 2022 search, including obstruction of justice, concealing documents, and making false statements — the first US president to face federal charges in history.