Based on what we know, there are three major legal takeaways from the FBI¡¯s search of Donald Trump¡¯s Florida home on Monday.
First, this is a big deal, historically and constitutionally speaking. As far as I can tell, a criminal search warrant has never been executed against a former president.
Second, from the perspective of criminal investigation, the surprise raid was a highly unusual, aggressive step. In almost all criminal investigations of nonviolent conduct, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice would have requested cooperation from the defendant¡¯s lawyers, not surprised the defendant and broken into his safe.
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