Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump has filed two administrative claims with the Department of Justice seeking damages for actions taken against him. One concerns the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and the classified-documents investigation, and the other stems from the 2016 Russia-interference probe that fueled allegations he was a Russian agent. Together, the filings allege violations of privacy and other rights and reportedly seek about 230 million dollars in damages, which Trump says he will donate to charity if he wins. The details of the document case will be covered in a separate article. However, as a brief summary, the case hinges on three basic legal questions. First, what are the limits of the president’s authority to declassify…

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