Note from Elie: Making Sense of Mar-a-Lago
The Counsel
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.7 • 861 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:31.4 | Hey everyone. |
| 0:32.5 | Happy Friday, Ellie here with my weekly note to the cafe community. |
| 0:36.2 | As always, love hearing your feedback, so |
| 0:38.0 | drop us a line at letters at cafe.com. |
| 1:01.5 | The United States Department of Justice executed a search warrant at the home of the former president this week. |
| 1:03.1 | You already knew that, of course. |
| 1:09.6 | But it's such a stunning development that it needs to be said out loud or seen in black and white to be believed. |
| 1:12.2 | There's so much that we don't know right now. |
| 1:17.8 | But there also are things we do know for sure. So let's start with those islands of certainty in a sea of unknowns. First, to get a search warrant, prosecutors must establish that they have |
| 1:23.7 | probable cause to suspect that a specific federal crime was committed. |
| 1:28.3 | On the one hand, I can tell you from experience that probable cause, it ain't nothing. |
| 1:32.5 | The prosecutor has to write out the affidavit, citing specific evidence, and identifying a |
| 1:37.2 | particular federal law that was violated. These documents typically are long and detailed. |
| 1:41.7 | I've done 30 and 40 page affidavits. They can run to well over 100 pages. |
| 1:46.9 | Note that neither Trump nor the public have this document yet, and they won't unless and until |
| 1:52.1 | there's a criminal charge. Importantly, a federal judge must review the affidavit and can |
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