News Fact check: Bruce Reinhart, who approved FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, was not appointed by Trump August 12, 2022Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAYComments Off on Fact check: Bruce Reinhart, who approved FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, was not appointed by Trump Bruce Reinhart, the magistrate judge who approved the FBI's search warrant, was appointed by district court judges, not by Trump, in 2018.