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I was surprised from the get-go that no-one seem to be talking about the legality of an ad-hoc search of a USB thumb-drive.

The stupidity of it (from an infosec standpoint) should be a given, yet this aspect appears to be the focus of the debate.

Am I missing something?

The Secret Service is charged with securing any Presidential residence, so I'm sure there are statutes that let them do that.

Totally aside from that, all of Florida is in the 100 mile civil rights suspension zone: https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone