The small-town Kansas newspaper raided by police officers on Friday had been looking into allegations of misconduct against the local chief just months ago, according to the paper’s publisher, raising further concerns about the law enforcement officers’ motives.
the Record requested access to the probable cause affidavit — the document that would outline why the judge saw reason to authorize the raid — from the Marion County District Court. But the court's written response [...] indicates that document may not exist. "This Court is unable to respond to this request as there is not a probable cause affidavit filed," judge Viar wrote in response to the newsroom's request.
Yeah, update on this: the court has "found" the probable cause affidavit. The only problem is that it seems to be mostly identical to the search warrant. Instead of what a normal sworn affidavit looks like, which is a chronological summary of the facts that establish probable cause.
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