‘Burden Is on the FBI to Justify’ Mar-a-Lago Raid, Prove It Wasn’t ‘Politically Motivated Witch Hunt’

[Stryder50]

Here's What Led the FBI to Seek a Search Warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home​

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The competing storylines that run concurrent to the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago have all been published, and now we’re getting more into the details of what led the Justice Department to execute a raid on the former president’s home. The feds summoned two Trump attorneys, Pat A. Cipollone and Patrick F. Philbin, to discuss what went down regarding the handling of classified materials at Trump’s Florida residence. These two men were the leading legal representatives who worked with the National Archives regarding questions over sensitive documents at Mar-a-Lago and their retrieval. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman wrote that Philbin was interviewed last spring over the matter. And the magical mystery tour that led to the FBI ransacking was set into motion (via NYT):
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The publication did not mention if Mr. Cipollone was interviewed. Still, Philbin’s interview led the Justice Department to subpoena any classified materials that might be at the former president’s house. This was issued after 15 or so boxes were sent back to the National Archives containing the mementos from his presidency, including phone books, the letter Obama wrote him, and the cocktail napkins that have served the purpose of making this raid look like a political hit job.
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The article does not reference a memo issued on January 19, 2021, from the Trump White House that declassified documents relating to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Nor is there any mention of the fact that federal agents also seized documents that were protected by executive privilege. Other records covered by attorney-client privilege were also taken. Trump’s passports were also placed in the care of the FBI. That affidavit over this raid must be unsealed, and there will be a hearing today over that motion. Federal prosecutors do not want to release the document.

We have more additions to the timeline leading up to the FBI search. Still, it doesn’t negate or marginalize the overwhelming feeling that the FBI executed a raid based on political bias rather than fact. Trump could have declassified the classified documents the FBI wanted as he’s the ultimate authority on declassification.
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Here's What Led the FBI to Seek a Search Warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home

The competing storylines that run concurrent to the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago have all been published, and now we’re getting more into the details of what led the Justice Department

townhall.com

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"Top Secret" cocktail napkins ???

 

[Stryder50]

Here’s the Alarming Phrase in the Order About the Trump Raid Affidavit​

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The Biden Department of Justice must release part of the affidavit that provided probable cause for the federal ransacking of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on August 8. Katie had the story earlier this afternoon. It’s a little shocking since most were probably expecting the judge to side with the federal government, who moved to block its full release citing damage to the investigation’s integrity and potential risk to the witnesses involved. Every update about this raid has done nothing to cast off the stench that this wasn’t a politically motivated hit job. Spencer has written extensively about the judge, Bruce Reinhart. The latter issued this ruling regarding his anti-Trump leanings and connections to the deceased financier, Democratic Party pal, and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Yet, one phrase should cause concern and raise many red flags. Judge Reinhart said he would afford the government “a full and fair opportunity” to make redactions. We all know where this is going, and Mike Davis, a former law clerk to Justice Neil Gorsuch, did not hold back with how the redaction process will be handled.
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It will hide “the fact that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden Justice Department obtained—from a clearly biased judge—an unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful home-raid warrant of, then did a fishing expedition on, their boss’s political enemy.”
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Here’s the Alarming Phrase in the Order About the Trump Raid Affidavit

The Biden Department of Justice must release part of the affidavit that provided probable cause for the federal ransacking of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on August 8. Katie had the

townhall.com

 

[alang1216]

That whole e-mail thing was total garbage propaganda and never went anywhere in the real world. Absolute idiocy from the GOP every step of the way as always....

Never went anywhere but will never go away. Shameless GOP.

 

[alang1216]

you've been told the answer 1000 times, moron. The president isn't subject to the law because he is the ultimate classifying authority.

How many times have you been told the President is not above the law? If the law specifies the process required to declassify a document does the President have to follow that law? He has the authority to implement the process but not to bypass it.

 

[easyt65]

Never went anywhere but will never go away. Shameless GOP.

Never went anywhere because Hilkary was protected by a proven criminal FBI & DOJ. Comey testified under oath that Hillary lied to Congress & broke laws, then he lied about her having no intent to.committ crimes and her being too stupid to know she was breaking laws.

Snowflakes say she is 'innocent' because she was protected from warranted prosecution. At the same time, for the last 6 years, you hypocritically do not afford the same to Trump, repeatedly claiming Trump is a criminal and is guilty of anything and everything despite that he is as innocent as Hillary, having never been prosecuted.

Shame on hypocritical snowflakes and Democrats.

 

[francoHFW]

Never went anywhere because Hilkary was protected by a proven criminal FBI & DOJ. Comey testified under oath that Hillary lied to Congress & broke laws, then he lied about her having no intent to.committ crimes and her being too stupid to know she was breaking laws.

Snowflakes say she is 'innocent' because she was protected from warranted prosecution. At the same time, for the last 6 years, you hypocritically do not afford the same to Trump, repeatedly claiming Trump is a criminal and is guilty of anything and everything despite that he is as innocent as Hillary, having never been prosecuted.

Shame on hypocritical snowflakes and Democrats.

He is the epitome of a liar, he had classified documents, he said he did not, an informant said he had them they got a search warrant for it. Trump had five days to look at the search warrant. All he does is lie and you are an idiot. Oops brainwashed functional idiot

Corrupt FBI and DOJ my asss, brainwashed functional anti American traitor. Poor America.

 

[easyt65]

He is the epitome of a liar, he had classified documents, he said he did not, an informant said he had them they got a search warrant for it. Trump had five days to look at the search warrant. All he does is lie and you are an idiot.

Garland & the FBI said Trump had nuclear secrets, jeopardizing national security ... and WAITED WEEKS TO APPROVE THE RAID.

BULLSHIT! SSDD , Same lying, corrupt, criminal FBI & DOJ.

If you can't smell the bullshit it's because you have your head up your ass.


Nothing about this case has merited the 2st ever in US history, unprecedented, historic, 'unwarranted' as CNN called it heavily armed raid of a President's home. Bullet proof vests, assault rifles, lights flashing , for what, fighting the secret service, to shoot Trump's lawyer if he demanded to be present during the raid / search? It was bullshit...it was all about OPTICS.

They took attorney-client privileged documents - not the 1st time, & say they will give it back in WEEKS?!

The people responsible for getting approval for the raid are ex-FBI Agents who participated in the failed coup attempt now working for the DOJ.

The agents who conducted the raid are agents who not only participated in the failed coup attempt but who are under investigation by John Durham for abuse of their power in it.

If you think those are coincidences you're an idiot.

Once again the FBI / DOJ leaked info to the media then used the media's stories as evidence / Justification for the raid...just like last time.

Trump handed over 15 boxes of material in June. Several WEEKS later the FBI tried to justify the raid by claiming Trump was not handing over the material FAST ENOUGH ... despite the FBI still not obeying a lawful Presidential order to declassify and release Crossfire Hurricane files AFTER 18 MONTHS. What hypocritical BS.

Again, almost every detail, to.me, feels like another repeat of the failed coup scam.

 

[francoHFW]

Never went anywhere because Hilkary was protected by a proven criminal FBI & DOJ. Comey testified under oath that Hillary lied to Congress & broke laws, then he lied about her having no intent to.committ crimes and her being too stupid to know she was breaking laws.

Snowflakes say she is 'innocent' because she was protected from warranted prosecution. At the same time, for the last 6 years, you hypocritically do not afford the same to Trump, repeatedly claiming Trump is a criminal and is guilty of anything and everything despite that he is as innocent as Hillary, having never been prosecuted.

Shame on hypocritical snowflakes and Democrats.

Just his businesses and lawyers, thousands of times.... Like the head of his Business Today got found guilty but wouldn't testify against the orange mafioso. Trump has bragged about how he assessed his business at two different levels trying to get loans and having to pay loans or whatever. Illegal -and he stiffed thousands of vendors and small businesses and contractors. Always a disgrace

 

[Marener]

You know, I think the burden is on the FBI to justify this raid

They did! To a judge.

Thanks loser.

 

[Lastamender]

Rand Paul who screamed at Fauci and threatened him with charges he never filed, that lame ass twat of a man?

Rand Paul sends criminal referral to DOJ saying Fauci lied about gain-of-function research funding

Sen. Rand Paul requested that Attorney General Merrick Garland criminally investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci over Senate testimony in which President Joe Biden's chief infectious disease expert said that the National Institutes of Health never funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute...

news.yahoo.com

 

[lantern2814]

trumps lawyers LIED.

Then how did they find 15+ additional boxes, if ALL were returned in June.
You can't justify this ^^^^ without throwing in some conspiracy theory.

But you see....... trumps lawyers clearly lied.

Hey assholes, officials went through EVERYTHING in June and took what they wanted. An extra lock was installed at their request. But you see....you lied.

 

[francoHFW]

Garland & the FBI said Trump had nuclear secrets, jeopardizing national security ... and WAITED WEEKS TO APPROVE THE RAID.

BULLSHIT! SSDD , Same lying, corrupt, criminal FBI & DOJ.

If you can't smell the bullshit it's because you have your head up your ass.

Yes of course they gave him every chance to follow the law, conspiracy nut job period change the god damn channel.

 

[lantern2814]

Is that the one who posted anti Trump posts on facebook?

Yes. HE also had to recuse himself from another case involving Trump because of those posts. That alone may get this whole thing tossed. That magistrate (not a judge) is now facing ethics charges too.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

They did! To a judge.

Thanks loser.

The burden still rests on the prosecution. Innocent untill proven guilty.

Now put your little member back in your panties

 

[Lastamender]

They did! To a judge.

Thanks loser.

A judge that works for Americans, or supposedly so. The people want to know.

 

[lantern2814]

it's a fact. nobody was reporting on it until donny opened his pie hole.

It was all over REAL news outlets that day you fucking idiot.

 

[francoHFW]

Yes of course they gave him every chance to follow the law, conspiracy nut job period change the god damn channel.

Hey assholes, officials went through EVERYTHING in June and took what they wanted. An extra lock was installed at their request. But you see....you lied.

Let's see, on one side you have self confessed propagandists on one scumbag propaganda channel and an incredible orange con man, on the other side the FBI the courts the Department of Justice and every respected journalist in the world. Let's see now...

 

[lantern2814]

You are one ignorant fool; Because it belongs to us. It doesn't belong to him. Everything in the archives is government property. So no, recovering government property is not a witch hunt.

So when is the raid on Obozo to recover the 30 million documents he stole?

 

[francoHFW]

It was all over REAL news outlets that day you fucking idiot.

Trump started lying immediately, you ******* idiot

 

[lantern2814]

Let's see, on one side you have self confessed propagandists on one scumbag propaganda channel and an incredible orange con man, on the other side the FBI the courts the Department of Justice and every respected journalist in the world. Let's see now...

The FBI and “respected journalists”? I’ll take Trump and Fox and laugh as you fail again.