Trump Raided by Feds

The private residence of the leading political party opposition of the current illegal regime occupying the White House has been raided by the FBI, acting as the regime’s private Gestapo.

The excuse for the FBI to enter the home, break open safes, and plant evidence is even more flimsy and absurd than the excuses used to promote the Russia Collusion hoax, the Ukraine Phonecall hoax, the January Capitol Trespass hoax, and countless other investigations mounted against Trump and his family.

Pardon me if I do not dignify the excuse by repeating it or rebutting it: my lawyerly soul recoils in disgust.

Even taken at face value, sending armed men to recover documents that first, do not exist, second, if they did were removed by staffers, third, if they had been removed would not have been illegal (since the President can declassify any document at will by removing them from the White House), fourth, if they had been removed illegally, Trump already offered, without reservation, to have officers of the national archives go through his documents to confirm.

The FBI padlocked the room to secure it weeks ago, in order to secure any possible documents while the Archivists investigated. During the raid, they broke the padlock they themselves installed.

The mishandling of classified documents by former presidents has never been pursued criminally ever before.

The regime been criminalizing political opposition for some time now, but this is a line, once crossed, that prevents peaceful reconciliation.

The FBI and other intelligence agencies must be defunded, dismantled, abolished. Every Republican politician unwilling to call for abolishing the FBI must be primaried and thrown out of office.

Once Congress is back in our hands — if the vote is allowed to happen — everyone suspected of involvement in this corruption must be investigated and raided and jailed.

The IRS has been equally weaponized against you. Two thousand special agents are armed and allowed to make arrests.

Conservatives and conservative groups will be targeted. Expect armed men at your door.

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Here, for the record, is the full statement by Trump, which also was the first outlet to break the story:

 

These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.

It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Elections.

Such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries.

Sadly, America has now become one of those Countries, corrupt at a level not seen before.

They even broke into my safe!

What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States.

The political persecution of President Donald J. Trump has been going on for years, with the now fully debunked Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, and so much more, it just never ends. It is political targeting at the highest level!

Hillary Clinton was allowed to delete and acid wash 33,000 E-mails AFTER they were subpoenaed by Congress. Absolutely nothing has happened to hold her accountable. She even took antique furniture, and other items from the White House.

I stood up to America’s bureaucratic corruption, I restored power to the people, and truly delivered for our Country, like we have never seen before. The establishment hated it. Now, as they watch my endorsed candidates win big victories, and see my dominance in all polls, they are trying to stop me, and the Republican Party, once more. The lawlessness, political persecution, and Witch Hunt must be exposed and stopped.

I will continue to fight for the Great American People!

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As a convenience for my readers, I have borrowed the show notes from Louder with Crowder  to put the source links in convenient reach.

TRUMP RAIDED BY FEDS

  • On Monday night, former-president Donald Trump released a statement saying that Federal agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate. SOURCE: TMZ
    • “These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”
    • […] It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by the Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run […] in 2024…”

WHAT WE KNOW

  • The warrant FBI agents obtained a search warrant from a federal magistrate judge in West Palm Beach. OVERLAY MiamiHerald
    • The West Palm Beach location of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has three Magistrates: SOURCE: Politico
      • BRUCE REINHART
      • WILLIAM MATTHEWMAN
      • RYON MCCABE
    • An August 5th warrant application assigned to Reinhart. SOURCE: CourtListener
    • NOTE: Reinhart quit his job as U.S. Attorney to defend Jeffrey Epstein and his clients in 2008. SOURCE: MiamiHerald
  • Plenty of Americans took to the streets in Palm Beach to support Trump.
  • According to the Washington Post: SOURCE: WaPo
    • “A person familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss its details, said agents were conducting a court-authorized search as they probe the potential mishandling of classified documents that were shipped to Mar-a-Lago.”
  • Reportedly the Justice Dept. has been investigating the potential mishandling of classified material after:
    • “the National Archives and Records Administration said it had retrieved from Mar-a-Lago 15 boxes of records containing classified information earlier this year.”
    • However, investigators were allegedly aware of documents in Trump’s possession and just told them to be secured better.
  • Of course, the court would need probable cause to issue a warrant, and Senate minority leader Kevin McCarthy is calling for receipts. SOURCE: Twitter
    • “I’ve seen enough.”
    • “The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicians.”
    • “ […] Attorney General Garland, Preserve your documents and clear your calendar.”
    • Why would McCarthy not trust Garland’s motives? It’s not like Dems have ever weaponized power to attack political opponents?
    • Oh… yes they fucking have.
  • WHAT FBI IS NOT DOING
    • Dr. Larry Nassar – FBI agents provided inaccurate or incomplete information to investigators. SOURCE: FBIVox
      • sexually abused dozens of Olympic athletes.
    • Hunter Biden – tax violations, illegal firearm purchase, solicitation, drugs, corruption. SOURCE: CNN
    • Ashley Biden – Diary James O’Keefe raided.
    • Eric Swalwell – relations with Chinese Spy. SOURCE: WaPo
    • Paul Pelosi – insider trading. SOURCE: TheHill
    • Epstein’s Black Book Clients – Not a single person has been brought in. SOURCE: Independent
    • Governor Cuomo – geronticide. SOURCE: NYT
    • Governor Whitmer – geronticide. SOURCE: CenterSquare
  • WHAT FBI IS DOING
    • 2003: The FBI’s questionable involvement in the Herald Square Bombing plot. SOURCE: NYT
    • 2010: Barack Obama’s IRS targeted conservative groups affiliated with the Tea Party movement. SOURCE: Reuters
    • 2016: Obama’s FBI conducted FISA surveillance on the Trump campaign. SOURCE: TheHill
    • 2016: The propagation of the fake Steele Dossier and the Trump-Russia hoax. SOURCE: NYPost
    • 2020: Undercover FBI agents tricked Michigan men into a conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer. SOURCE: NPR
    • April 2021: FBI raided Rudy Giuliani’s Apartment and seized cell phones and computers. SOURCE: NYTimes
      • He has still not been charged with a crime.
    • October 2021: AG Garland directed authorities to target angry parents at school board meetings. SOURCE: Justice.gov
    • November 2021: FBI agents raided James O’Keefe’s apartments, handcuffed him in the hallway and seized two cell phones. SOURCE: WSJ
      • He wasn’t ever charged with a crime.
    • November 2021: FBI whistleblower reveals the bureau is investigating parents as domestic terrorists. SOURCE: Twitter
    • January 2022: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe likened mainstream conservatives to terrorists and called for them to be surveilled. SOURCE: TheFederalist
    • April 2022: The now defunct Misinformation Board led by Nina Jancowickz. SOURCE: HuffPo
    • August 2022: Or the Dems’ new spending bill that will use the IRS to target the middle class. SOURCE: WSJ
  • The raid on Mar-a-Lago is the latest evidence the Left is hellbent on Tyranny and shutting up anyone who doesn’t agree.
    • Gov. Desantis summed it up well, tweeting: SOURCE: Twitter
      • “The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves.”
      • “Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic.”

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Allow me to repeat one wry comment from a wag on Twitter codenamed Entropy:

So the three people most responsible for the raid: The man to whom Trump denied a Supreme Court seat; A man who quit as a prosecutor to become one of Epstein’s lawyers; And a man Trump tried to have fired from the FBI for incompetence. No legitimacy questions here!