Unpacking the FBI's Search at Mar-a-Lago

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🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The FBI on Monday conducted a surprise search of Donald Trump's home and resort at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. The investigation appeared to involve the retention of classified information by the former president after he left the White House. There's not a whole lot of information, but Trump did confirm the search.

To go through it all, Benjamin Wittes sat down on Twitter Spaces with Lawfare senior editors Alan Rozenshtein and Quinta Jurecic, and Andrew Weissmann, a former senior prosecutor for Bob Mueller. They talked about what we know and what we don't know, what sort of investigation this might be, where it may be going, and whether this has anything to do with Jan. 6.

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1:08.0	In order to approve a search of the home of a former president,
1:16.0	when we're talking about government documents,
1:20.0	they have to be of such a sensitive nature to the intelligence community
1:26.0	that recovery is paramount.
1:28.0	There has to have been evidence before
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1:34.0	that the former president was not being candid
1:38.0	about having fully complied with his obligation to return all such documents.
1:44.0	It's that that I think would lead to being willing to take such a strong step.
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