Former FBI agent Chuck Stuber joins FOX 5 to give insight on what goes into a raid of the magnitude of the one the FBI conducted at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate this week and what could happen next in the investigation.
Just two days after the FBI raided former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, there are still a lot of unanswered questions, and people on both sides of the aisle are wondering what will come of it.
"To get a search warrant in a case like this is extraordinary," Stuber says. "To go and search the residence of a former president is practically unprecedented. The Department of Justice, to get a search warrant because of the Fourth Amendment protections that citizens have, they've got to show that there was evidence that a crime was committed and put that in their affidavit.
"In order to do this raid, obviously an operation of this magnitude take extensive planning, there are probably hundreds of agents involved," says Stuber. "It's a massive operation with a lot of moving parts that have to work together to have a search warrant come off successfully." "With a search warrant, the FBI can go in and seize the records immediately," he says. "Through the negotiations or with a subpoena, you don't have that power. You're basically reliant on the person that's issued the subpoena or is involved with the negotiations to comply on their own."So, what's next? Stuber says the FBI will most likely be taking the records seized during the raid and looking for criminal intent in order to build a case.
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