The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Circus

Don’t hold your breath waiting for the release of the Trump search-warrant affidavit.

The next act in the Mar-a-Lago search-warrant drama will play out in south Florida on Thursday afternoon. Magistrate Judge Bruce W. Reinhart has scheduled a hearing on the motion to make public the currently sealed, probable-cause affidavit filed by the Justice Department in support of last week’s search of former president Trump’s estate. The motion was made by several media organizations and private watchdog groups.

In an unusual move, the former president has expressed support for the movants seeking the unsealing of...