https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/fbi-even-searched-melanias-wardrobe-in-trump-raid/
This article tries to detail what happened during the raid. I'll touch on a couple of things.
"The Post has learned that the search warrant used by the FBI to
enter the palatial Palm Beach property focused solely on presidential records and evidence of classified information being stored there."
This most likely meets the specific item or items to look for.
"The
raid by over 30 plain clothes agents from the Southern District of Florida and the FBI’s Washington Field Office extended through the Trump family’s entire 3,000-square-foot private quarters, as well as to a separate office and safe, and a locked basement storage room in which 15 cardboard boxes of material from the White House were stored."
Definitely some issues with this. A Warrant should state what part of the residence is to be searched for the items that they are looking for. It is rare to have an entire 3,000 sq./ft. residence as a search area, and is highly questionable constitutionally (4th). The warrant would definitely need to state that the safe specifically is part of the search, as well as the locked storage room, which should been the focus of the search. From this article they claim the FBI did not do this.
Feds arrived at 9 a.m. and didn’t leave until 6:30 p.m.
Time is not an element in any warrant criteria I have ever heard or read about. With that being said from the search perspective this is a very long period of time to conduct a search. It could imply they were not finding what they were looking for because as soon as the FBI found what was on the warrant, they have to leave, they cannot keep looking for anything else. They would need to obtain a new warrant. I would ask the question of how many warrants were issued.
"Trump’s attorneys, led by Evan Corcoran, had been cooperating fully with federal authorities on the return of the documents to the National Archives and Records Administration, according to sources."
"In May, Corcoran granted access into Mar-a-Lago’s windowless storage room to FBI agents who spent several hours searching through the boxes."
If this is true a warrant should never have been issued as it was not needed. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. The warrant gives authorities the ability to violate your right to be secure. There is no reason to violate your rights when you are already cooperating. If true this is very bad, for the FBI, and the Judge that issued the warrant. The judge could be disbarred, and well the FBI would be throwing gasoline on a bonfire.
"The FBI would not have executed a warrant without notifying the Secret Service first, according to a retired high ranking USSS agent. “USSS legal counsel probably would’ve directed [them] to see copy of warrant and then step back.”"
The agents at the gate would have been expecting the FBI to show up, and would most likely have been briefed prior to showing up for their shift. The legal counsel would have most likely told them ahead of time that they were to see the warrant, and allow access. This implies that the SS knew of the Raid, most likely days in advance. They would have also been told to stay quiet about it as the lawyers for Trump were caught off guard and showed up an hour after the raid began.
"The
demeanor of the three DOJ lawyers who accompanied the FBI was described by one eyewitness as “arrogant,” and they repeatedly told Trump representatives: “We have full access to everything. We can go everywhere.”
This gives me a pause to believe that the warrant was legal. ...Warrants shall issue,...and
particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. This by no means comes close to meeting the 4th amendment's requirements for a warrant. However, we are talking about hearsay, and I would want one of the lawyers to corroborate this statement.
"The feds instructed Trump’s representatives to switch off the security cameras but they refused."
Finally someone made a good choice to refuse what would be a request as the warrant would not tell them they can search without being recorded. They would be pressured to do so, and at least one person had some backbone and understanding of the process and rights here. The lawyers that were told they could not observe, now have the ability to observe. Those recordings could be some of the most valuable security camera footage ever taken. I would expect that his security cameras in this estate to be detailed, and of high quality picture. They need to be validated, secured, then copied, and then have the copies revalidated to ensure the digital signature is the same every time.
What a story. This is like watching political Days of our Lives. When I voted for Trump in 2016 I said, I'll hold my nose, and at the very least I will be entertained. I have to say, that the ticket I bought I that day, has given more entertainment than I ever expected, and keeps on giving even after he is not in the WH. Best vote I have ever cast, bar none, and its not even close.
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