The reality is that the process of obtaining a search warrant is a controlled by a checklist of requirements before a judge signs off on a decision to invade someone's home.

(I pause here to note that 40 minutes does sound like a sufficient amount of time for the police to at least try to get a search warrant.) Case was upstairs hiding in a closet.

To conduct its search of Donald Trump 's home at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, the FBI had to be granted a federal search warrant.

The reality is that the process of obtaining a search warrant is controlled by a checklist of requirements before a judge signs off on a decision to invade someone's home.