Professor Chin Talks to Salon About Trump's 'Weak' Notice of Claim Against DOJ

Former President Donald Trump’s notice of $100 million claim against the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the 2022 raid on his Florida home in his classified-documents case is “terribly weak,” Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin told Salon.com

"This notice of claim has the hallmarks of a protective filing made because the statute of limitations is about to run," he said.

Trump pleaded not guilty in 2023 to charges stemming from the discovery of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after he left office. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, dismissed the case in July.

Gabriel “Jack” Chin is a Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and holder of the Edward L. Barrett Jr. Endowed Chair at UC Davis School of Law. He is a prolific and much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.