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The Washington Post and The New York Times have reported on leaks about the allegedly classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago.

It also recounted specific meetings and individuals involved in past discussions. The leak further revealed that the government collected more than 150 documents marked as classified in January and another 150 in June and in the August raid. Most recently, a Times report disclosed that the Justice Department recovered more than 300 documents with classified markings, citing multiple sources connected to the investigation.

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The Washington Post and The New York Times have published a series of leaks clearly designed to put Donald Trump and his team on the defense in the media, including claims that he was hiding sensitive nuclear-weapons material and details on how the search was prompted by video surveillance outside the storage room at Mar-a-Lago. It is an all-too-familiar pattern for some of us who have litigated national-security cases against the government.

The feds have maintained that absolute secrecy is essential to protect their investigation and national security while reportedly leaking some of the very information the affidavit contains. The judge, however, will be able to read an array of the same details at breakfast in newspaper accounts leaked by the government. A federal magistrate will be asked to uphold what are expected to be extensive redactions of the affidavit supporting the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago. This week, a curious scene will play out in a Florida courtroom.

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