Friday, May 24, 2024

EDITORIAL_ Biden’s reckless Mar-a-Lago raid

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Biden’s reckless Mar-a-Lago raid

2022 search of Trump's home rests on shaky legal ground


Trump versus Biden’s Justice Department (DOJ) Appointees Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times more >


Imagine returning to your home to find it had been turned upside down by constables looking for an overdue library book. That’s essentially the situation President Biden created for his opponent in giving the go-ahead for the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago.

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon spent nearly five hours on Wednesday listening to the administration defend its conduct, including the rationale for invading the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 8, 2022.

The raid could be deemed unlawful if, as seems more likely than not, the Supreme Court decides the president of the United States is entitled to immunity for his official actions. As chief executive, Mr. Trump exercised the ultimate authority to bring home any paper he wanted — regardless of what the mandarins at the National Archives or Department of Justice might think.

That alone casts serious doubt on the motivation of those behind in the assault. No thought was given to the lasting damage to the country by doing what has never been done to a former president in our 235-year history — despite ample opportunity.

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As president, Mr. Trump had exclusive authority under the Presidential Records Act to declare certain executive branch records personal, and he could keep copies of anything. The agents had neither the authority nor the ability to distinguish an original from a copy. They had no legal basis for questioning Mr. Trump’s designation of a record as personal.

Ordering the agents to seize papers they had no right to seize opens a legal can of wormsone Judge Cannon says she needs time to think through. In the meantime, she will continue to demand transparency from the administration so the public can decide whether Mr. Biden’s people have gone too far.

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