Officials ordered to make public redacted version of Trump search affidavit

Judge Bruce Reinhart had given the department until Thursday at noon to propose to him the redactions to the affidavit it wanted to make before any portion of it was released to the public

Former President Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Wisconsin (Morry Gash/AP/PA)

A judge has ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former president Donald Trump to look for classified documents.

The directive from US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart came hours after federal law enforcement submitted under seal the portions of the affidavit that they want to keep secret as their investigation moves forward.