Trump said all the FBI had to do was ask for the documents it wanted. But experts say law enforcement isn’t obligated to repeatedly ask someone to comply with the law. Here is a timeline of what we know about how often the request was made.
, who have criticized the Department of Justice’s decision to conduct the Aug. 8 search. The move to seek a search warrant was approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland and the warrant was granted by a Florida judge.
Justin Discigil, Crenshaw’s chief of staff said that the congressman was referring to the fact that the FBI had a cordial visit with Trump at his home in June, retrieved additional documents then and later asked for and received security footage from Mar-a-Lago. Since then, there were no additional requests for documents or subpoenas issued before the Aug. 8 search, Discigil said.
Nor must they repeatedly ask a subject to comply with the law, especially if there are concerns about classified documents. "There's no legal requirement for the FBI to proceed via subpoena or to ask nicely. It's well within their rights to go to a judge and get a search warrant," said Neama Rahmani, a former prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers in California, who described Trump as "partially cooperative at best" with the government.
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