From Lawfare: What We Do and Don’t Know About the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search

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Questions addressed: 

- What do we know about the law enforcement activity on Monday at Mar-a-Lago?

- Is this a big deal?

- What do we know about the investigation that led to this search warrant?

- Did Attorney General Merrick Garland personally approve this action?

- Do we know what this warrant was for?

- How could Trump’s retention of these classified documents have yielded this search warrant?

- What’s the process for an FBI action like this?

- What’s in the warrant?

- Is it plausible that the White House really didn’t know about this action before it happened?

- Does this mean that Donald Trump is about to be indicted?

- What is 18 U.S.C. § 2071, and can it disqualify President Trump from future public office?