The problem with wronging a right, as Trump is doing, is that it's possible for him and so many others to see it as righting a wrong. I'm not sure if it isn't something that should be left in the hands of law enforcement. At least, as you suggest, that's one constitutional wrinkle that should be ironed out.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”