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Breaking News: FBI agents conduct raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago!

posted 3 years ago by HarlemEagle42 (18435)
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Former President Donald Trump said in a statement Monday that his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, was “raided” by “a large group of FBI agents.” (New article by Politico) About time, fellas.

TEXT:

The FBI has searched the Mar-a-Lago home of Donald Trump, the former president said in a statement.

“They even broke into my safe,” Trump said on Monday in a lengthy statement describing it as a “raid.”

It was not immediately clear why the agents were present at Mar-a-Lago, but he said it was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”

“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” he said.

The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s offices in Washington and for the Southern District of Florida did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The news of the FBI action comes amid an increasingly complex thicket of legal threats encircling Trump and his inner circle. Most prominent among them is the escalating investigation of efforts by Trump and his allies to disrupt the transition of power in 2020, in part by attempting to appoint fraudulent presidential electors that would create a pretense for blocking Joe Biden’s victory.

That investigation has become an increasingly public threat to Trump, with some of his top allies and former White House facing grand jury subpoenas and FBI searches. Earlier in the day, the Justice Department defended its decision to seize the cell phone of John Eastman, the attorney who helped devise Trump’s strategy to seize a second term he didn’t win.

Federal investigators are also pursuing evidence that Trump’s administration mishandled presidential records and even removed some boxes to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

An executed search warrant would require the signoff of a federal judge, who would issue the warrant based upon evidence of a potential crime.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/08/trump-fbi-maralago-search-00050442

[–] UncleRuckis (2637) 3 years ago

No way in hell they execute a warrant on a former President and possibly(god forbid) future President unless they 1000% know what he's guilty of and can prove it in court.

Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18435) 3 years ago

Exactly. Though it's hilarious to see the 'law and order' crowd shitting bricks over a lawfully executed search warrant.

[–] robocat893 (16257) 3 years ago

More winning for Trump.

“We’re going to win. We’re going to win so much. We’re going to win at trade, we’re going to win at the border. We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning, you’re going to come to me and go ‘Please, please, we can’t win anymore.’ You’ve heard this one. You’ll say ‘Please, Mr. President, we beg you sir, we don’t want to win anymore. It’s too much. It’s not fair to everybody else. And I’m going to say ‘I’m sorry, but we’re going to keep winning, winning, winning, We’re going to make America great again."

[–] immattj (4042) 3 years ago

LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] immattj (4042) 3 years ago

Lorna Instagram looks like she is about to blow a gasket right now.
That dumb cunt had Creepy Pedophile Jim Jordan (R Oh) on; he was at his whiniest.

Ron Ratface DeSantis is talking about banana republics, which is exactly what he has turned Florida into.

[–] SamNoyoun (6016) 3 years ago

https://c.tenor.com/UywmZ3B4WG8AAAAM/toy-story-woody.gif

[–] Redsfan001 (6220) 3 years ago

I'm not a lawyer, but if Trump declared that he was running in 2024, the "raid" would be more problematic..an attack against a contender.

Figures that the F.B.I. would want to to this before Trump states his 2024 intentions.

Will he still get a Presidential library?

[–] CowherPower4Ever (241) 3 years ago

Do we have another Hoover over at the FBI?

[–] immattj (4042) 3 years ago

No, just the FBI doing their job by investigating criminals.

[–] samoanjoes (58620) 3 years ago

I love it. I hope they find something hilarious like a suitcase of fake tan spray.

[–] immattj (4042) 3 years ago

More like boxes of classified documents.

[–] samoanjoes (58620) 3 years ago

That too, but I'd love something stupid and embarrassing.

[–] immattj (4042) 3 years ago

They took computers, they will probably find Melania's collection of man-porn.