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That filing was a supplemental motion to a request earlier this week in which Trump asked for a court-appointed special master to oversee the handling of materials seized from Mar-a-Lago. The few lines that are unredacted raise more questions than answers." In a court filing Friday night, Trump's legal team argued that the redacted affidavit "provides almost no information that would allow to understand why the raid took place, or what was taken from his home. The Justice Department also argued that revealing certain information could "severely disadvantage the government as it seeks further information from witnesses." And it said the government has "well-founded concerns that steps may be taken to frustrate or otherwise interfere with this investigation if facts in the affidavit were prematurely disclosed." Police stand outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. "If witnesses’ identities are exposed, they could be subjected to harms including retaliation, intimidation, or harassment, and even threats to their physical safety," the government wrote, noting recent threats to law enforcement following the Mar-a-Lago search. In a separate 13-page filing Friday, the Justice Department reiterated its case for redacting parts of the affidavit, including “to protect the safety and privacy of a significant number of civilian witnesses in addition to law enforcement.” The Justice Department asked in the letter that the room where the documents were stored "be secured and that all of the boxes that were moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago (along with any other items in that room) be preserved in that room in their current condition until further notice." In June, Justice Department lawyers sent Trump's attorneys a letter that reiterated that Mar-a-Lago couldn't be used to store classified information, according to the affidavit. The affidavit noted that based on the federal investigation, the government believed that the storage room where boxes of presidential records were kept at Mar-a-Lago, as well as Trump's suite, his office and other spaces "within the premises are not currently authorized locations for the storage of classified information." Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The document itself says that any “premature disclosure” of the affidavit and other related documents could "have a significant and negative impact on the continuing investigation and may severely jeopardize its effectiveness by allowing criminal parties an opportunity to flee, destroy evidence (stored electronically and otherwise), change patterns of behavior, and notify criminal confederates.” The Justice Department had argued against releasing the affidavit. There were also papers described as “SCI” documents, which stands for highly classified “sensitive compartmented information.” 8 search, according to the property receipt of items that were recovered. Ultimately, FBI agents removed 11 additional sets of classified documents, including some labeled secret and top secret, during the Aug.