Mar-a-Lago Raid Revelations Leave Former FBI Agents Stunned

[EvilEyeFleegle]

It appears that some former FBI types have a different take on this---they say that the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

MSN

Several former FBI agents, prosecutors, and CIA officials have reacted with shock to reports the federal bureau was "afraid" to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials.
Republicans have long raised concerns about the "weaponization" of the federal government under the Biden administration and have created a special panel to look into such issues. The latest report, critics say, suggests the opposite is true: that Trump's attacks had "chilled" attempts to investigate him.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
Steven M. D'Antuono, then the head of the FBI's Washington field office, is said to have expressed concern about the optics of agents with the "FBI" marking on their jackets raiding a former president's home.
The Post added that some FBI agents were wary about conducting a raid at Mar-a-Lago as they were "simply afraid" of the fallout and how it could affect their careers.
One official reportedly described it as "the hangover of Crossfire Hurricane"—a reference to the FBI investigation into dismissed allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Election.
In a series of tweets, former FBI agent Peter Strzok described the claims as "astonishing" and said it showed that Trump had "successfully chilled" attempts to investigate the former president with his frequent attacks against the bureau.
"In 20 years of working cases involving classified information, I never—not once— encountered prosecutors who wanted to get a search warrant and reluctant - even refusing! - agents. The other way around, sure," Strzok tweeted.
"The article points to a damning fear in the FBI stemming from political fear, not from fact. 'The FBI agents' caution also was rooted in the fact that mistakes in prior probes of Hillary Clinton...had proved damaging to the FBI' Really? Name one. I'll wait.
"Trump, Barr, Durham, and others successfully chilled the FBI's willingness to investigate anything related to Trump. The FBI handled Trump with unprecedented kid gloves, afraid to follow the facts for fear of political blowback, delaying the investigation for months," Strzok added.
Former FBI special agent Asha Marie Rangappa said the report shows that the FBI "has a problem, and it's coming from inside the house."
While sharing the article, Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted: "This extensive piece once again makes clear a simple fact: the FBI, traumatized from the Trump era assaults on it, treated Trump with kid gloves."
Former federal prosecutor Michael Stern called the allegations "disturbing."
"It tells us what we feared," he added, "Trump keeps getting away with it because law enforcement keeps letting him."
John Sipher, a national security expert and ex-CIA official, added the report shows that "Trump's bullying and attacks on public servants have had an effect. Agents are afraid to do their job."

 

[1srelluc]

Well given that Wray blew-up the whole covid lab thing and splattered egg over dem/msm faces maybe the worm is starting to turn a bit to the right.

The FBI is a political animal and I guess they see the dem's fortunes waning in a big way.

Me, I hate them both with equal enthusiasm.....A pox on both their houses.

 

[White 6]

It appears that some former FBI types have a different take on this---they say that the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

MSN

Several former FBI agents, prosecutors, and CIA officials have reacted with shock to reports the federal bureau was "afraid" to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials.
Republicans have long raised concerns about the "weaponization" of the federal government under the Biden administration and have created a special panel to look into such issues. The latest report, critics say, suggests the opposite is true: that Trump's attacks had "chilled" attempts to investigate him.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
Steven M. D'Antuono, then the head of the FBI's Washington field office, is said to have expressed concern about the optics of agents with the "FBI" marking on their jackets raiding a former president's home.
The Post added that some FBI agents were wary about conducting a raid at Mar-a-Lago as they were "simply afraid" of the fallout and how it could affect their careers.
One official reportedly described it as "the hangover of Crossfire Hurricane"—a reference to the FBI investigation into dismissed allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Election.
In a series of tweets, former FBI agent Peter Strzok described the claims as "astonishing" and said it showed that Trump had "successfully chilled" attempts to investigate the former president with his frequent attacks against the bureau.
"In 20 years of working cases involving classified information, I never—not once— encountered prosecutors who wanted to get a search warrant and reluctant - even refusing! - agents. The other way around, sure," Strzok tweeted.
"The article points to a damning fear in the FBI stemming from political fear, not from fact. 'The FBI agents' caution also was rooted in the fact that mistakes in prior probes of Hillary Clinton...had proved damaging to the FBI' Really? Name one. I'll wait.
"Trump, Barr, Durham, and others successfully chilled the FBI's willingness to investigate anything related to Trump. The FBI handled Trump with unprecedented kid gloves, afraid to follow the facts for fear of political blowback, delaying the investigation for months," Strzok added.
Former FBI special agent Asha Marie Rangappa said the report shows that the FBI "has a problem, and it's coming from inside the house."
While sharing the article, Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted: "This extensive piece once again makes clear a simple fact: the FBI, traumatized from the Trump era assaults on it, treated Trump with kid gloves."
Former federal prosecutor Michael Stern called the allegations "disturbing."
"It tells us what we feared," he added, "Trump keeps getting away with it because law enforcement keeps letting him."
John Sipher, a national security expert and ex-CIA official, added the report shows that "Trump's bullying and attacks on public servants have had an effect. Agents are afraid to do their job."

I am pretty sure, that is the effect he intended to make, as advantageous to one who may want to get away with as much as possible.

 

[Esdraelon]

the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

Why would this surprise you? Remember idiot boy Comey announcing a series of illegal actions by Hillary and at the end, say "no reasonable prosecutor" would file charges?
IF that is true then the FBI must think his return is not an impossibility.

 

[Godboy]

It appears that some former FBI types have a different take on this---they say that the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

MSN

Several former FBI agents, prosecutors, and CIA officials have reacted with shock to reports the federal bureau was "afraid" to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials.
Republicans have long raised concerns about the "weaponization" of the federal government under the Biden administration and have created a special panel to look into such issues. The latest report, critics say, suggests the opposite is true: that Trump's attacks had "chilled" attempts to investigate him.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
Steven M. D'Antuono, then the head of the FBI's Washington field office, is said to have expressed concern about the optics of agents with the "FBI" marking on their jackets raiding a former president's home.
The Post added that some FBI agents were wary about conducting a raid at Mar-a-Lago as they were "simply afraid" of the fallout and how it could affect their careers.
One official reportedly described it as "the hangover of Crossfire Hurricane"—a reference to the FBI investigation into dismissed allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Election.
In a series of tweets, former FBI agent Peter Strzok described the claims as "astonishing" and said it showed that Trump had "successfully chilled" attempts to investigate the former president with his frequent attacks against the bureau.
"In 20 years of working cases involving classified information, I never—not once— encountered prosecutors who wanted to get a search warrant and reluctant - even refusing! - agents. The other way around, sure," Strzok tweeted.
"The article points to a damning fear in the FBI stemming from political fear, not from fact. 'The FBI agents' caution also was rooted in the fact that mistakes in prior probes of Hillary Clinton...had proved damaging to the FBI' Really? Name one. I'll wait.
"Trump, Barr, Durham, and others successfully chilled the FBI's willingness to investigate anything related to Trump. The FBI handled Trump with unprecedented kid gloves, afraid to follow the facts for fear of political blowback, delaying the investigation for months," Strzok added.
Former FBI special agent Asha Marie Rangappa said the report shows that the FBI "has a problem, and it's coming from inside the house."
While sharing the article, Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted: "This extensive piece once again makes clear a simple fact: the FBI, traumatized from the Trump era assaults on it, treated Trump with kid gloves."
Former federal prosecutor Michael Stern called the allegations "disturbing."
"It tells us what we feared," he added, "Trump keeps getting away with it because law enforcement keeps letting him."
John Sipher, a national security expert and ex-CIA official, added the report shows that "Trump's bullying and attacks on public servants have had an effect. Agents are afraid to do their job."

Nice spin. No, the reality is that the FBI agents who were asked to do this thought it was heavy handed and that they should just ask president Trump for the documents instead.

 

[The5thHorseman]

Nice spin. No, the reality is that the FBI agents who were asked to do this thought it was heavy handed and that they should just ask president Trump for the documents instead.

He had already been asked....

Then he was served with a subpoena.

 

[Godboy]

He had already been asked....

Then he was served with a subpoena.

Thats not true. The last time the FBI was there, they told them to put the documents in a SCIF, and then the FBI put their own lock on it. Why did they do that instead of just taking them right then and there? Because there was a legal dispute taking place in the courts.

 

[marvin martian]

It appears that some former FBI types have a different take on this---they say that the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

MSN

Several former FBI agents, prosecutors, and CIA officials have reacted with shock to reports the federal bureau was "afraid" to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials.
Republicans have long raised concerns about the "weaponization" of the federal government under the Biden administration and have created a special panel to look into such issues. The latest report, critics say, suggests the opposite is true: that Trump's attacks had "chilled" attempts to investigate him.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
Steven M. D'Antuono, then the head of the FBI's Washington field office, is said to have expressed concern about the optics of agents with the "FBI" marking on their jackets raiding a former president's home.
The Post added that some FBI agents were wary about conducting a raid at Mar-a-Lago as they were "simply afraid" of the fallout and how it could affect their careers.
One official reportedly described it as "the hangover of Crossfire Hurricane"—a reference to the FBI investigation into dismissed allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Election.
In a series of tweets, former FBI agent Peter Strzok described the claims as "astonishing" and said it showed that Trump had "successfully chilled" attempts to investigate the former president with his frequent attacks against the bureau.
"In 20 years of working cases involving classified information, I never—not once— encountered prosecutors who wanted to get a search warrant and reluctant - even refusing! - agents. The other way around, sure," Strzok tweeted.
"The article points to a damning fear in the FBI stemming from political fear, not from fact. 'The FBI agents' caution also was rooted in the fact that mistakes in prior probes of Hillary Clinton...had proved damaging to the FBI' Really? Name one. I'll wait.
"Trump, Barr, Durham, and others successfully chilled the FBI's willingness to investigate anything related to Trump. The FBI handled Trump with unprecedented kid gloves, afraid to follow the facts for fear of political blowback, delaying the investigation for months," Strzok added.
Former FBI special agent Asha Marie Rangappa said the report shows that the FBI "has a problem, and it's coming from inside the house."
While sharing the article, Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted: "This extensive piece once again makes clear a simple fact: the FBI, traumatized from the Trump era assaults on it, treated Trump with kid gloves."
Former federal prosecutor Michael Stern called the allegations "disturbing."
"It tells us what we feared," he added, "Trump keeps getting away with it because law enforcement keeps letting him."
John Sipher, a national security expert and ex-CIA official, added the report shows that "Trump's bullying and attacks on public servants have had an effect. Agents are afraid to do their job."

This is nearly as crazy as your story about Trump carjacking the Secret Service on January 6th. Can you tell that story again?

LOL

 

[The5thHorseman]

Thats not true. The last time the FBI was there, they told them to put the documents in a SCIF, and then the FBI put their own lock on it. Why did they do that instead of just taking them right then and there? Because there was a legal dispute taking place in the courts.

No...

By that time he had already lied about having any more documents, and the FBI had been tipped off about the fact that he had moved material subject to a subpoena.

 

[Godboy]

No...

By that time he had already lied about having any more documents, and the FBI had been tipped off about the fact that he had moved material subject to a subpoena.

He didnt move anything. The room was locked by the FBI and when they raided his house they broke that lock themselves. Quit spreading disinformation.

 

[whitehall]

Pretty slick bit of propaganda. The FBI whistleblowers who testified about the politicizing of the Bureau are now characterized by somebody named Edwan Palmer as being "shocked" when confronted by some Newsweek claim. It really doesn't make much sense.

 

[Batcat]

Nice spin. No, the reality is that the FBI agents who were asked to do this thought it was heavy handed and that they should just ask president Trump for the documents instead.

And the Mar-a-Lago raid was heavy handed and unnecessary.

Joe Biden gets warned before the FBI visits his homes to search for classified papers.

Comparing the two incidents it is obvious that the FBI was out to make BIG NEWS with the Mar-a-Lago raid but just have a nicer low profile search for Joe Biden.

 

[The5thHorseman]

He didnt move anything. The room was locked by the FBI and when they raided his house they broke that lock themselves. Quit spreading disinformation.

Trump ordered records moved after subpoena, Mar-a-Lago staffer said – reports

 

[Oddball]

It appears that some former FBI types have a different take on this---they say that the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

MSN

Several former FBI agents, prosecutors, and CIA officials have reacted with shock to reports the federal bureau was "afraid" to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials.
Republicans have long raised concerns about the "weaponization" of the federal government under the Biden administration and have created a special panel to look into such issues. The latest report, critics say, suggests the opposite is true: that Trump's attacks had "chilled" attempts to investigate him.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
Steven M. D'Antuono, then the head of the FBI's Washington field office, is said to have expressed concern about the optics of agents with the "FBI" marking on their jackets raiding a former president's home.
The Post added that some FBI agents were wary about conducting a raid at Mar-a-Lago as they were "simply afraid" of the fallout and how it could affect their careers.
One official reportedly described it as "the hangover of Crossfire Hurricane"—a reference to the FBI investigation into dismissed allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Election.
In a series of tweets, former FBI agent Peter Strzok described the claims as "astonishing" and said it showed that Trump had "successfully chilled" attempts to investigate the former president with his frequent attacks against the bureau.
"In 20 years of working cases involving classified information, I never—not once— encountered prosecutors who wanted to get a search warrant and reluctant - even refusing! - agents. The other way around, sure," Strzok tweeted.
"The article points to a damning fear in the FBI stemming from political fear, not from fact. 'The FBI agents' caution also was rooted in the fact that mistakes in prior probes of Hillary Clinton...had proved damaging to the FBI' Really? Name one. I'll wait.
"Trump, Barr, Durham, and others successfully chilled the FBI's willingness to investigate anything related to Trump. The FBI handled Trump with unprecedented kid gloves, afraid to follow the facts for fear of political blowback, delaying the investigation for months," Strzok added.
Former FBI special agent Asha Marie Rangappa said the report shows that the FBI "has a problem, and it's coming from inside the house."
While sharing the article, Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted: "This extensive piece once again makes clear a simple fact: the FBI, traumatized from the Trump era assaults on it, treated Trump with kid gloves."
Former federal prosecutor Michael Stern called the allegations "disturbing."
"It tells us what we feared," he added, "Trump keeps getting away with it because law enforcement keeps letting him."
John Sipher, a national security expert and ex-CIA official, added the report shows that "Trump's bullying and attacks on public servants have had an effect. Agents are afraid to do their job."

Newsweak....Unsourced rumors and recriminations...The only name mentioned is that of a known Trump hating monkey-wrencher.

GIGO

 

[Fueri]

Strzok?

lol. Come on. That's hilarious.

 

[Godboy]

Trump ordered records moved after subpoena, Mar-a-Lago staffer said – reports

"Some staffer said"... claims "The Guardian"? Forgive me if i find your evidence less than convincing.

 

[The5thHorseman]

"Some staffer said"... claims "The Guardian"? Forgive me if i find your evidence less than convincing.

Where's yours?

 

[basquebromance]

"Some staffer said"... claims "The Guardian"? Forgive me if i find your evidence less than convincing.

there you go again with your foreign bashing. just because The Guardian are British doesn't mean they're not accurate, bro

Darren Till is British. does this mean you hate him too? Sage's cat is also British!

 

[frigidweirdo]

It appears that some former FBI types have a different take on this---they say that the reluctance of FBI agents to serve a warrant on Trump had to do with fear that Trump would exact some sort of political revenge?

MSN

Several former FBI agents, prosecutors, and CIA officials have reacted with shock to reports the federal bureau was "afraid" to investigate Donald Trump's handling of classified materials.
Republicans have long raised concerns about the "weaponization" of the federal government under the Biden administration and have created a special panel to look into such issues. The latest report, critics say, suggests the opposite is true: that Trump's attacks had "chilled" attempts to investigate him.
Even amid evidence that Trump remained in possession of classified documents at his Florida home, senior FBI officials feared raiding the property would be seen as too aggressive a move, and instead wanted to ask Trump's permission to search his property, per the newspaper report.
Steven M. D'Antuono, then the head of the FBI's Washington field office, is said to have expressed concern about the optics of agents with the "FBI" marking on their jackets raiding a former president's home.
The Post added that some FBI agents were wary about conducting a raid at Mar-a-Lago as they were "simply afraid" of the fallout and how it could affect their careers.
One official reportedly described it as "the hangover of Crossfire Hurricane"—a reference to the FBI investigation into dismissed allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 Election.
In a series of tweets, former FBI agent Peter Strzok described the claims as "astonishing" and said it showed that Trump had "successfully chilled" attempts to investigate the former president with his frequent attacks against the bureau.
"In 20 years of working cases involving classified information, I never—not once— encountered prosecutors who wanted to get a search warrant and reluctant - even refusing! - agents. The other way around, sure," Strzok tweeted.
"The article points to a damning fear in the FBI stemming from political fear, not from fact. 'The FBI agents' caution also was rooted in the fact that mistakes in prior probes of Hillary Clinton...had proved damaging to the FBI' Really? Name one. I'll wait.
"Trump, Barr, Durham, and others successfully chilled the FBI's willingness to investigate anything related to Trump. The FBI handled Trump with unprecedented kid gloves, afraid to follow the facts for fear of political blowback, delaying the investigation for months," Strzok added.
Former FBI special agent Asha Marie Rangappa said the report shows that the FBI "has a problem, and it's coming from inside the house."
While sharing the article, Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted: "This extensive piece once again makes clear a simple fact: the FBI, traumatized from the Trump era assaults on it, treated Trump with kid gloves."
Former federal prosecutor Michael Stern called the allegations "disturbing."
"It tells us what we feared," he added, "Trump keeps getting away with it because law enforcement keeps letting him."
John Sipher, a national security expert and ex-CIA official, added the report shows that "Trump's bullying and attacks on public servants have had an effect. Agents are afraid to do their job."

Trump's attacks were designed to get the FBI to do what he wanted them to do. He's that sort of guy, used to doing whatever it takes to get everyone to follow his decisions.

 

[lennypartiv]

No...

By that time he had already lied about having any more documents, and the FBI had been tipped off about the fact that he had moved material subject to a subpoena.

But since he can declassify documents...