Trump Rages Against Redacted Affidavit: No Mention of 'Nuclear'

Former President Donald Trump criticized the unsealed affidavit supporting the FBI search of his residence on Friday, blasting those who speculated that national security information was among the documents seized from his home.

"Affidavit heavily redacted!!! Nothing mentioned on 'Nuclear,' a total public relations subterfuge by the FBI & DOJ, or our close working relationship regarding document turnover - WE GAVE THEM MUCH," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post less than an hour after the document was unsealed.

"Judge Bruce Reinhart should NEVER have allowed the Break-In of my home. He recused himself two months ago from one of my cases based on his animosity and hatred of your favorite President, me," the former president continued. "What changed? Why hasn't he recused himself on this case? Obama must be very proud of him right now!"

On Friday, 18 days after agents raided Trump's Florida home, Reinhart unsealed a redacted version of the underlying document supporting the search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month. You can read the affidavit here.

While parts of the 38-page affidavit were redacted, Fox News correspondent David Spunt was surprised by how much of the document was publicized by the Department of Justice (DOJ), noting that it was "not nearly as redacted as some thought it may be."

The affidavit revealed that federal authorities contended they had probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction was to be found on the premises of Mar-a-Lago and that "additional documents that contain classified NDI" remained at Trump's home in Florida.

Though the document didn't reveal the identities of the DOJ witnesses, another court filing unsealed on Friday mentioned there were "multiple" people who "contributed to the finding of probable cause."

Prosecutors wrote that it was essential those names would remain private so those witnesses would not be subjected to "retaliation, intimidation, or harassment, and even threats to their physical safety," which Reinhart himself had noted were "not hypothetical in this case."

Investigators said in the affidavit that there were 67 documents marked confidential, 92 marked secret, and 25 marked top secret, as well as "handwritten notes" at Mar-a-Lago. They concluded that "Probable cause exists to believe that evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation will be found at the premises."

The document also revealed that the FBI had not asked Trump to put a stronger lock on the storage room at his Florida home, as the former president's team had claimed, but that their request was for the room to be secured. Yet, videos showed people going in and out of the basement room.