ubiquitin’s: a search warrant issued in violation of the 4th amendment is not only void, but renders inadmissable as evidence any and all documents seized pursuant to the search warrant. If Trump’s lawyers are able to argue that in fact ownership of the papers was in dispute, there was no lawful basis for the search warrant. That the Attorney General has a record suggesting personal hatred of Trump doesn’t help the government’s case. The statute in question is problematic. It states that a violation renders the person unable to hold Federal office, but the Constitution also sets forth requirements to be President which Congress can not change suggesting that the law doesn’t actually cover the President. Then there is the question as to who can a record as confidential or classified, but if this is within the power of the executive branch, and since the president is head of the executive branch, Trump would clearly be able to take what he pleases. Ambiguity as to whether a crime even occurred would result in the search warrant be thrown out (and if those requesting it had a partisan motivation, they might be in legal trouble themselves).
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