The whole problem with Watergate was the guys who broke in to enemy headquarters did not have a warrant and were not duly appointed investigators.

Comparing yesterday's raid to Watergate is begging the question of if the FBI is still legitimate or if it has been compromised. And that's a big claim. We shouldn't throw the legitimacy of the entire FBI into doubt on the basis of an angry press release from a former President.

If they found proof of Trump illegally hoarding records, the worst case scenario for Trump would be a term in federal prison. However, a person can run for federal office from prison, it's happened before. Hoarding records is a crime, but it's not insurrection and it's not giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the US, so section 3 of the 14th amendment wouldn't apply. I suppose they might find evidence that Trump sold or gave copies of those records to Putin or something, but that seems unlikely even for Trump.

The biggest open end on a raid like this is, what unlisted items were "out in plain sight" while the investigators looked for the items listed on the warrant? They will give Trump a list of everything they took, but, Trump's not likely to share that with the public.

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