Former federal prosecutor Brett Tolman discusses jury instructions in NY v. Trump on 'America Reports.'

It would certainly shock any American to hear that "use of deadly force" was authorized against you and your family, just as it did Tuesday for former President Donald Trump. As a former U.S. Attorney, I can tell you that it is Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) in a felony search warrant for the FBI to be authorized to use deadly force, but it’s downright frightening to imagine what could have happened at Mar-a-Lago in August of 2022 when a team of SWAT officers raided the residence of a U.S. President in the dead of night.

At the time, Trump was in New York, and luckily no one took up arms, but can anyone justify that this was acceptable protocol to apply the SOP of "use of deadly force" to a U.S. President who has active legal counsel as well as 24/7 Secret Service protection? What is and what isn’t SOP is one thing. Discretion and awareness are another. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had the autonomy to execute the search warrant when they knew President Trump was out of town. They also had discretion to give notice and conduct the search without using "raid" tactics dictating the "use of deadly force" SOP.

So why did they not exercise such discretion to conduct the search as they often do through coordination with the target and their lawyers?

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