Trump Warrant: Prosecutors Are Against Making The Search Evidence Public 

The US Department of Justice claims that disclosing information about the warrant used to search Donald Trump's Florida residence last week might harm its investigation "irreparably." It seeks to conceal the affidavit, a court document that lists the proof needed to get the warrant. 

To determine whether Trump handled government records inappropriately after leaving office, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators investigated Mar-a-Lago. It was the first time the house of an ex-president had been searched during an investigation. The search warrant, which was made public on Friday, states that eleven sets of classified documents were discovered during the search of a Palm Beach residence one week ago. Several media outlets have now requested that the affidavit be made public. 

FBI issues a threat escalation alert following the Trump search. A move like that, however, would "cause considerable and irreparable damage to this current criminal investigation," according to prosecutors who stated this on Monday. They stated in a court document that releasing the affidavit "would serve as a roadmap to the government's ongoing investigation, exposing detailed facts about its direction and likely trajectory, in a manner that is very likely to undermine further investigative actions." 

The affidavit must remain confidential because the investigation concerns "highly classified materials," they added. Trump claimed on Monday that the FBI grabbed three of his passports during the raid, a move that is typically only used if detectives believe a suspect poses a flight danger.