Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Sunday claimed the FBI raid targeting former President Donald Trump was improperly done.
“This was an improper search. They should have enforced the subpoena. That’s what Merrick Garland said the Justice Department generally does—less intrusive methods,” Dershowitz, a former criminal defense attorney, told Fox News.
Elaborating, Dershowitz suggested the Department of Justice and FBI may have violated Trump’s constitutional rights, namely his Fourth Amendment right to privacy.
“The affidavit, if it’s revealed, may indicate reasons why a search warrant had to be effectuated three days after or two and a half days after it was approved,” he said, “but right now, the burden of proof is heavily on the government to justify this intrusive search.”…