“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
The permissible scope of the warrant is broad and could run afoul of the “particularity” requirement of the Fourth Amendment. As reported by Just the News, among the documents seized during the raid, FBI agents seized three passports, privileged documents, and a file on a presidential pardon. According to Kevin Brock, who served as FBI assistant director for intelligence under former Director Robert Mueller:
“Trump’s attorneys could have a runway to argue the scope of the search is overly broad. Search warrants normally require a level of specificity that seems to be missing in this warrant. Specificity is important in order to protect 4th Amendment rights from exuberant government overreach designed to find whatever they can.”
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