DOJ moves to unseal FBI's Trump raid warrant, AG Garland announces

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Justice Department requested permission from the federal court to unseal the court-approved search warrant that authorized its raid on former President Donald Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago.

"This matter plainly 'concerns public officials or public concerns' ... as it involves a law enforcement action taken at the property of the 45th President of the United States," the DOJ said in the filing. "The public's clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing."

"The government hereby requests that the Court unseal the Notice of Filing and its attachment absent objection by former President Trump," the DOJ said.

The DOJ requested to unseal the search warrant approved by Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on Aug. 5, as well as two attachments included in the warrant. Authorities also requested a redacted property receipt listing items the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home on Monday.