There was a lot of speculation about what the FBI was looking for when they searched Donald Trump's club in Florida. Attorney General Garland is willing to go after the former president. Garland has reached a level of comfort with the idea of charging Trump with a federal crime after the search of the private residence of a former president. If Garland thought there was not a very high likelihood that incriminating evidence would be found, he wouldn't have authorized the application for the warrant. The National Archives should have received boxes of materials from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, but they didn't. CNN reported that investigators became aware of more documents during a visit to Mar-a-Lago in June. The more serious step of requesting a search warrant was taken by investigators instead of simply taking these documents. The Department of Justice might not have gotten all the documents in Trump's possession if they subpoenaed them. The process of applying for and getting permission for the warrant shows the significance of what happened Monday. I would usually tell a client that an FBI search at their home is likely to lead to charges. There was good reason to believe that a federal crime was committed and that evidence of the crime was in your home, according to a federal judge. The person who committed the crime doesn't necessarily have to be the owner of the house. Most of the time it works out that way.
To get a warrant for Mar-a-Lago, the DOJ had to provide a reason to believe that a crime was committed in order for the judge to approve the warrant. The government needs to show probable cause to believe that evidence of the crime was present at Mar-a-Lago when it was searched. A judge wouldn't approve a warrant based on evidence that had been received many months before. The Justice Department would act cautiously given the importance of the department's reputation and the country as a whole.
Law enforcement doesn't need to specify the exact documents they believe to be in the safe, they would describe them in general terms, but they would be very specific about the location and the reason they believe the documents are where they say. I believe that the FBI has been in contact with someone familiar with Mar-a-Lago or close to Trump, who may have been able to say that there was evidence in Trump's safe. If I were Trump's defense attorney, I would be worried about that.
There is no clarity on the nature of the charges. The New York Times reported that the search warrant was related to classified material taken from the White House by Trump. When it comes to handling classified documents, only rarely does it result in charges.
The Department of Justice doesn't prosecute cases involving the mishandled of classified material unless the material was deliberately transferred to a third party, according to testimony given by James Comey. It seems to me that there is something important that we don't know about. People on the right are saying that this is just a doctor's case. We don't know that There is reason to think that it is more than that.
This is not about the fake electors scheme uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee that also involves Trump. It is unclear if records related to that scheme were at Mar-a-Lago. Unlike narcotics, the evidence of other crimes can be seen in plain view, but the value of documents can be hard to see. It is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 It is a tactic.
We don't know enough about what this means and how serious of a threat Trump is in. You don't need me to tell you that the Feds are going to execute a search warrant at Trump's house. The DOJ had a good reason to seize materials from his home.
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