NY Times prints leaked names contacted by FBI after DOJ urged Mar-a-Lago raid affidavit be kept secret to protect identities

On August 16, the New York Times published an article by Maggie Haberman naming three individuals contacted by FBI investigators looking into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified material. The Department of Justice argued one day earlier in favor of keeping the affidavit justifying the August 8 raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago sealed to protect just such information. Citing "three people familiar with the matter," Haberman — part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for advancing the narrative that the former president colluded with Russia — alleged that Trump's White House counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy Patrick Philbin were interviewed by the FBI in connection with boxes of sensitive documents stored at Trump's Florida residence after leaving office.-- More...