"Why lawyers are ‘giggling’ at Trump’s new Fourth Amendment case"
"The former president keeps calling it an illegal “break-in” and “raid,”
hoping that the public will imagine swarms of agents in tactical gear,
pointing assault weapons at scared Mar-a-Lago customers. That’s plainly absurd.
Perhaps most entertaining was an accompanying written statement from
Trump, which read in part, “This Mar-a-Lago Break-In, Search, and
Seizure was illegal and unconstitutional, and we are taking all actions necessary to get the documents back, which we would have given to them
without the necessity of the despicable raid of my home, so that I can
give them to the National Archives until they are required for the
future Donald J. Trump Presidential Library and Museum.”
Cutting through the thick layers of nonsense, the underlying point
seemed to be that Trump, who took classified materials to his property
and refused to give then back, wants the FBI to return the documents so
that he can then turn them over to the National Archives — the agency
that sought the materials in the first place, only to be rebuffed.
It’s hard not to wonder whether the court filing is a genuine legal
effort or a political stunt designed for the next fundraising appeal and
fodder for conservative media outlets."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/lawyers-are-giggling-trumps-new-fourth-amendment-case-rcna44358
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