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(NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 Former President Donald Trump’s legal team faces a Friday deadline to provide evidence of his claims that the FBI planted evidence in its search of Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

While Trump has pushed the claim on social media and in interviews, his lawyers have not done so in court filings. They also haven’t substantiated Trump’s claim that he declassified the top-secret documents that were seized during the search.<\/p>\n

Judge Raymond Dearie, who was appointed as an independent arbiter to review the seized documents, has ordered Trump’s team<\/a> to make sworn declarations about both of those claims. <\/p>\n

“The claim that the FBI planted evidence is pretty far-fetched and pretty incendiary,” said Matthew Wilson, an associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University. “I suspect that will fall by the wayside.”<\/p>\n

Speaking Sunday on “NewsNation Prime,” Wilson said Trump’s team will likely try to be more nuanced about the declassification question.<\/p>\n

“It hinges on what exactly a president has to do to make a document declassified,” Wilson said. “That’s what the debate will be as it plays out in court.”<\/p>\n