Media organizations including asked a magistrate judge Friday to unseal court filings related to seven search warrants the Justice Department sought in the investigation into former President Donald Trumps handling of classified documents. The existence of the seven warrants which were sought in addition to the warrant federal investigators secured to search MaraLago last summer was only made public last week. Their existence was revealed in a court order from Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart allowing the warrant materials to be shared with attorneys for Trump and his codefendant in the classified documents prosecution Walt Nauta. The courtapproved warrants allowed investigators to search devices and accounts according to the court filing though more details are not available at this time. The new filing seeking public access to those documents likely include what the government filed in court to get approval for the searches. The media organizations already successfully sought the partial unsealing of the MaraLago search warrant materials last year before the indictment was brought. Earlier Friday a federal judge scheduled a trial in the case to begin in May though that timeline could slip. In the case Trump faces charges that he unlawfully retained national defense information. He and NautA also faces charges stemming from their alleged attempts to obstruct the investigation. Trump and Nauts are pleading not guilty to the charges and the trial is expected to begin later this month or early next month in New York City or early May in Washington, D.C. The trial is scheduled to start in May or early June and the defendants are expected to appear in court on June 14. The case is expected for trial to begin on June 13. The defendants are pleaded not guilty and the case is set to be heard before a federal court in Washington DC on June 15 and June 16. It is expected that the trial will be held on June 17 and June 18 and the defense will be able to present their case at a later date in Washington or Washington, DC or New York, DC. The prosecution has said that the charges against Trump are related to his handling of national defense documents and that they are not related to the handling of government documents in the Obama administration. The government has not said whether the charges relate to the Trump administration’s handling of a classified document investigation into the National Security Agency (NSC). The case was brought by former President George W. Bush’s appointee to the NSC, Robert H. H. Ruckelshaus, who is accused of trying to cover up the mishandling of classified information. The charges were brought by the Department of Justice against the former president and his former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn. The indictment was filed in October 2013 and the charges were filed in November 2013. Trump was indicted on charges of retaining classified information and trying to obstruct an investigation into how the government documents had been handled. He was also charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly trying to impede the investigation by lying to investigators about how he handled the documents. He is also accused of lying about his involvement in a meeting he had with a Russian intelligence official in which he discussed the use of Russian military technology.
News outlets seek unsealing of newly revealed search warrants in Trump documents probe. News outlets seeking unsealed of newly reveal search warrants.
