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Republicans may have shot themselves in the foot by hammering the DOJ to release the Mar-a-Lago search warrant

posted 3 years ago by robocat893 (16260)
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Former President Donald Trump's allies have spent this week clamoring for the Justice Department to release details from its search warrant for Mar-a-Lago and other supporting documentation.

Now, it looks as if they might get what they asked for.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday at a news conference that the Justice Department had filed a motion to unseal portions of the warrant following Trump's "public confirmation of the search."

But legal experts and political strategists warn that the maneuver sought by Trump's allies could ultimately backfire on the former president and his party as this year's midterm elections loom.

"Republican strategists have no clue how bad this is going to be yet," said Luis Alvarado, a longtime GOP consultant.

Trump is in trouble and will not run for president in 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-may-shot-themselves-foot-013707212.html

[–] JoWilli (21654) 3 years ago

The New York Post and other media outlets are reporting that the Federal Election Commission has fined both Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee for lying about how they spent money used to pay for the phony Steele dossier on former President Donald Trump.The Clinton campaign and the DNC will be forced to pay $8,000 and $105,000 respectively for labeling payments for the dossier “legal advice and services” rather than opposition research. The money ultimately went to Fusion GPS, the consulting firm that commissioned the dossier, according to FEC documents viewed by the Post. Clinton’s campaign and the DNC together paid more than $1 million combined to the Democrat law firm Perkins Coie, which paid Fusion GPS to dig for dirt on Trump.

Fusion GPS, in turn, hired former British spy Christopher Steele who came up with the phony allegations. Former President Donald Trump says the ruling confirmed his belief that Clinton and the DNC perpetrated a major hoax against his campaign. “This was done to create, as I have stated many times, and is now confirmed, a Hoax funded by the DNC and the Clinton Campaign. This corruption is only beginning to be revealed, is un-American, and must never be allowed to happen again.” Trump’s legal team tells Fox News it is now suing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and 26 other people and entities for tens of millions of dollars in attorneys fees, damages exceeding $100 million, and “for our democracy.”

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

The real issue is the Merrick Garland abusing his power to go after Diaper Joes political opponents in an unconstitutional raid. Both Garland and Diaper Joe should be in prison for this

[–] yatzo376 (7755) 3 years ago

you're insane

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

I’m being fair and rational, Merrick Garland who is using the FBI to hunt down politicians he doesn’t like and labeled concerned school parents “domestic terrorists” is a traitor and should be locked up along with Diaper Joe.

[–] yatzo376 (7755) 3 years ago

You just made that up- you’re insane!

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

No it’s all true, you are only listening to your cult’s lies.

[–] yatzo376 (7755) 3 years ago

Conspiracy theorists have zero scruples because they’re insane

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

These aren’t conspiracy theories, Merrick Garland labeled concerned parents who were worried their children were being taught radical, racist propaganda “domestic terrorists”, while in the meantime BLM and Antifa were allowed to burn cities and murder people without consequence.

[–] Patman111196 (1898) 3 years ago

They really shouldn't have shot themselves in the foot. Surely they would know Trump is being set up to take the fall for America's problems?

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Hopefully he'll be serving a prison sentence, so won't be able to campaign properly.

[–] BeaSouth (3567) 3 years ago

I’ll hold my judgment until there’s a letter signed by 50 former senior intelligence officials telling me what to believe