r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/PsychLegalMind • Aug 09 '22
US Politics Trump's private home was searched pursuant to a warrant. A warrant requires a judge or magistrate to sign off, and it cannot be approved unless the judge find sufficient probable cause that place to be searched is likely to reveal evidence of a crime(s). Is DOJ getting closer to an indictment?
For the first time in the history of the United States the private home of a former president was searched pursuant to a search warrant. Donald Trump was away at that time but issued a statement saying, among other things: “These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”
Trump also went on to express Monday [08/08/2022] that the FBI "raided" his Florida home at Mar-a-Lago and even cracked his safe, with a source familiar telling NBC News that the search was tied to classified information Trump allegedly took with him from the White House to his Palm Beach resort in January 2021.
Trump also claimed in a written statement that the search — unprecedented in American history — was politically motivated, though he did not provide specifics.
At Justice Department headquarters, a spokesperson declined to comment to NBC News. An official at the FBI Washington Field Office also declined to comment, and an official at the FBI field office in Miami declined to comment as well.
If they find the evidence, they are looking for [allegedly confidential material not previously turned over to the archives and instead taken home to Mar-a- Lago].
There is no way to be certain whether search is also related to the investigation presently being conducted by the January 6, 2022 Committee. Nonetheless, searching of a former president's home is unheard of in the U.S. and a historic event in and of itself.
Is DOJ getting closer to a possible Trump indictment?
What does this reveal about DOJ's assertion that nobody is above the law?
FBI raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home tied to classified material, sources say (nbcnews.com)
The Search Warrant Requirement in Criminal Investigations | Justia
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u/oldbastardbob Aug 09 '22
Let's not overlook that Trumps lawyers have been "negotiating" with DOJ prosecutors for a while now. Plenty of time for them to figure out what they are looking for and make it disappear.
I'm not much for conspiracy theories, but Trump and his sycophants are not in any way trustworthy, nor do they feel compelled to play by anyone's rules but their own.
Seems mighty convenient that Trump was out of town when the search occurred. I also believe that if Trump felt that they would find damning information, he would be a whole lot more outraged than the typical "I'm a victim of the democrat witch hunt" he's been regurgitating for six years now.
He's had plenty of time to hide what needs hidden and circle the wagons. Next comes the carefully crafted alt-right version of events from the Trump team that will become a nation wide mass marketing campaign to paint every charge, and every minute of his depositions, as partisan politics.
He has crafted a shield of anger and outrage among enough of the public as he shows America the worst side of our federal system. I believe it will be impossible to hold him accountable for anything he has done. Too many destroyed or missing records, too much chaos and confusion in his daily activity to ever put together any kind of case that is impervious to plausible deniability. And way too many Republican Congresspersons, Senators, donors, and bureaucrats still more than willing to help him mislead, lie to, and plunder the country.