{"id":527,"date":"2022-08-11T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/?p=527"},"modified":"2022-08-11T13:21:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:21:03","slug":"why-searching-an-ex-presidents-estate-is-not-easily-done-4-important-things-to-know-about-the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/why-searching-an-ex-presidents-estate-is-not-easily-done-4-important-things-to-know-about-the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago\/","title":{"rendered":"Why searching an ex-president\u2019s estate is not easily done \u2013 4 important things to know about the FBI\u2019s search of Mar-a-Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clark D. Cunningham<\/a>, Georgia State University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s raid of former President Donald Trump\u2019s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise \u2013 and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how<\/a> the law enforcement agency secured a search warrant.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMy beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. \u2026 They even broke into my safe!\u201d Trump said in a statement<\/a> released through his political action committee, Save America.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Trump brought 15 boxes of classified materials<\/a> with him to Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House, and delayed returning the materials to National Archives officials for months.<\/em><\/p>\n

The FBI and the Department of Justice have not commented on the raid, but the Justice Department is known to be investigating<\/a> how Trump possibly mishandled government secrets. Trump is also facing other potential charges from the state of Georgia<\/a> stemming from his alleged interference with the 2020 elections.<\/em><\/p>\n

Georgia State University legal scholar Clark D. Cunningham<\/a>, an expert on search warrants<\/a> and the criminal investigations of interference<\/a> in the 2020 election, explains what could have led to the raid and what the raid tells us about the state of the federal investigation into Trump\u2019s activities.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n \"An<\/a>
\n Former President Donald Trump speaks to the press from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., in 2018.<\/span>
\n Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images<\/a><\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. There are legal hurdles to getting a search warrant<\/h2>\n

The U.S. Constitution requires<\/a> that all search warrants \u201cparticularly describe the place to be searched and the \u2026 things to be seized.\u201d <\/p>\n

This requirement can be traced in part to a famous British case from the 1760s<\/a> when agents of King George III searched the house of John Wilkes<\/a>, an opposition member of Parliament, for incriminating papers. The warrant they used was condemned by the courts as a \u201cgeneral warrant\u201d because it did not specifically name Wilkes, his house or the seized papers. <\/p>\n

Courts and commentators also criticized the Wilkes warrant because it was based on mere suspicion. The U.S. founders looked to the Wilkes warrant as an example of what the Constitution should prevent and added the Fourth Amendment<\/a> \u2013 requiring that search warrants only be issued \u201cupon probable cause, supported by Oath.\u201d <\/p>\n

Criminal procedure laws<\/a> help enforce these constitutional requirements by requiring search warrants to particularly describe \u201cevidence of a crime \u2026 or other items illegally possessed.\u201d <\/p>\n

Only judges can issue search warrants, and they must find, based on sworn testimony<\/a>, that there is probable cause that such evidence or items will be found in the location described in the warrant.<\/p>\n

This means that a judge must have found that there was probable cause that either a crime had been committed, or that Trump was illegally possessing items taken from the White House. The FBI\u2019s request for a search warrant might also have indicated concern that these documents would either be destroyed or moved off of the premises.<\/p>\n

2. There are also potential policy hurdles<\/h2>\n

In February 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr announced new restrictions <\/a> that require the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to get permission<\/a> from the Attorney General before investigating presidential candidates or their staff. <\/p>\n

Barr\u2019s successor, Attorney General Merrick Garland, has kept this policy in place<\/a> \u2013 keeping in line with general Justice Department guidelines<\/a> that try to prevent politically charged investigations. <\/p>\n

This means that this search would not have taken place without Garland\u2019s approval. Given the generally strong tradition of political independence<\/a> at the Justice Department, it is not surprising that President Joe Biden and<\/a> his aides were not informed<\/a> in advance of the raid and found out on Twitter. <\/p>\n

\n \"A<\/a>
\n Former President Donald Trump was not at Mar-a-Lago when the FBI searched the premises on Aug. 8, 2022.<\/span>
\n Giorgio Viera\/AFP via Getty Images<\/a><\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. The FBI might have found more than it was looking for<\/h2>\n

The Supreme Court ruled in a 1990 case<\/a> that police executing a warrant that authorized searching for the proceeds of a robbery could also lawfully seize weapons that were in plain view. <\/p>\n

Assuming that the FBI\u2019s warrant authorized only searching for classified documents taken from the White House, if the FBI found \u201cin plain view\u201d other evidence of crimes related to the 2020 election or Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection<\/a>, they likely could have taken that, as well. <\/p>\n

\n \"A<\/a>
\n Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest outside his Mar-a-Lago home following the FBI\u2019s raid on Aug. 8, 2022.<\/span>
\n Eva Marie Uzcategui\/Getty Images<\/a><\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. There may be a connection with Trump\u2019s possible election interference<\/h2>\n

A federal grand jury, requested by the Justice Department, has been investigating<\/a> the presence of potentially classified documents at Mar-a-Lago since at least early May 2022. It seems likely that something has happened recently to cause this urgent search. One possibility is that the search warrant was issued based on information gathered in one or more of the criminal investigations<\/a> involving 2020 election interference. <\/p>\n

In particular, the Department of Justice on July 12, 2022, obtained a warrant to search the cellphone<\/a> of John Eastman<\/a>, Trump\u2019s former lawyer. As hearings by the Jan. 6 House committee have revealed, Eastman was a primary architect of the plan<\/a> to block Congress from certifying Biden\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

There seems little doubt that the Justice Department had compelling, perhaps overwhelming, legal justifications for conducting this unprecedented search of a former president\u2019s home. However, the secrecy required for Justice Department investigations and grand jury proceedings means that the country will have to be patient \u2013 the justifications for the search may become public only if and when criminal charges are filed.<\/p>\n

Clark D. Cunningham<\/a>, W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This article is republished from The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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