• Justice Department on Friday released redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago raid
  • In a sign of huge public interest, a Florida judge ordered its release a day earlier
  • But he allowed officials to black out sections to protect witnesses and agents 
  • On Wednesday, President Joe Biden told reporters he we never tipped off about the FBI’s raid
  • He said on Friday that it would be up to the DOJ to determine if Trump compromised national security  
  • AG Merrick Garland signed off on the extraordinary move
  • Jean-Pierre said White House lawyers ‘deferred’ to archivists and DOJ
  • Former President Trump had returned 15 boxes of material to the archives 
  • FBI agents seized additional boxes in August during the controversial raid 

Read full affidavit here