Former federal prosecutor says feds could possibly raid Trump Tower

If you think President Joe Biden's Justice Department is done harassing former President Donald Trump, think again, says one former federal prosecutor. 

According to Newsweek, in his reaction to a recent court filing on Trump's behalf, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani said that it's not out of the realm of possibility that the feds conduct yet another raid on the former president's property -- this time Trump Tower.

The court filing in question indicated that Trump had kept documents at "Trump Tower in New York and at his county estate in Bedminster, New Jersey."

According to Rahmani, prosecutors could execute search warrants at both properties as they continue to dig in on Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case.

"Prosecutors won't know if classified documents still remain at Trump's other homes unless they execute search warrants there," the former prosecutor told Newsweek.

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Rahmani admitted that it would be unusual for Smith to pull such a move at this stage of the game, especially with the proximity of the 2024 presidential election. But he said it's certainly not out of the question.

He said Special Counsel Smith, "is unlikely to do so at this stage of the case and during the election, but that possibility exists, especially because Trump has failed to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas in the past."

Newsweek noted:

The FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in August, 2022 to retrieve classified documents that Trump had stored there. As a result, Trump is facing trial in Florida for allegedly retaining classified documents from his presidency, keeping them in various parts of Mar-a-Lago—including a bathroom—and obstructing federal officials' attempt to retrieve them.

Notably, the location of additional documents Trump kept after his time in office had been redacted in previous court filings.

The most recent round of court filings, required by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, specified that the documents were also at his New Jersey resort and at Trump Tower.

Trump has not only pleaded not guilty to the charges in the classified documents case, but the bulk of his defense argument was that as president, he had the power to not only declassify documents, but also designate those documents as personal items.

Special Counsel Smith made headlines last week after he criticized Judge Cannon's requirement for two sets of jury instructions, which contain scenarios in which Trump could lean on the Presidential Records Act (PRA) as his defense.

Only time will tell if the feds are bold enough to raid Trump Tower at this point.