Posted on 08/09/2022 7:24:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
The White House claims it only learned of the FBI’s stunning raid on former President Trump’s home in Florida on Twitter, at the same time the media did, according to multiple reports.
As improbable as it may seem that the Department of Justice would execute a search warrant on a former president and political opponent of the administration without Biden’s knowledge, that’s what New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin tweeted Monday night. Trump was not home during the raid at the mansion known as Mar-a-Lago.
“Senior White House officials found out about the FBI’s Mar a Lago raid on Twitter, had no notice, per source familiar,” Martin tweeted.
CBS News reporter Ed O’Keefe said a top Biden official told him the same thing.
“No advance knowledge. Some learned from old media some from social media,” O’Keefe quoted a senior administration official when asked about the raid.
The dramatic raid was initially announced by Trump himself, in a lengthy statement decrying what he characterized as a political move.
“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,” Trump wrote. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before.”
Other conservatives, including many not aligned with the 45th president, said the raid sets a dangerous precedent.
The search was reportedly for material that Trump brought with him to Mar-a-Lago after he left the White House in 2021, according to reports. Trump allegedly delayed returning more than a dozen boxes of material to the National Archives which included documents that were reportedly marked as classified.
Republican strategist Scott Jennings, on a CNN panel hours after the raid, said the political implications of Biden’s Justice Department raiding his predecessor cannot be ignored.
“I mean, they’ve raided the guy’s house,” said Jennings. “There’s no reconciliation here when you raid somebody’s house. And so because of the political implications of that, I’m curious to know about what did the White House know?”
David Axelrod, former top adviser to President Obama, said Attorney General Merrick Garland has gone beyond the point of no return, at least politically.
“He has crossed a rubicon here — if you are going to prosecute a former President of the United States, you’d better be pretty darn sure that you have an open-and-shut case,” Axelrod said.
Well, that’s interesting...I knew it was Nixon’s resignation date, but I didn’t realize that sweeties Page and Strozk were doing their infamous (and totally ignored) chat that day.
The FBI raided the home of a former president (never done in our history) and kept he current president in the dark about it?
Who would believe that?
By the way, have we heard a word from George Bush?
1. They are incompetent or:
2. They are evil.
They only way they wiggle out from number 1 is to fire Wray.
Nov 2024: Mr Biden was caught unaware that he no longer is president.
Taking a page out of Obama’s playbook - He read about in the newspaper.
They'll manufacture whatever 'evidence' they need to get that slam dunk in coming months.
He's gone mute again, just like when Obama was in office.
This sounds like Slick Willy used to say: “The buck never got here!”
With Biden being as senile as he is, I have no problem believing he was totally in the dark.
Garland should resign immediately.
This is total BS while Hunter displays his junk in front of a little girl and Joe met with his business cronies and sold us out to China and others.
They really are that evil and corrupt.
And I’m the queen of England.
5.56mm
“Two words, Mr. President: ‘plausible deniability’”.
Biden cant even order dinner
Well The judge donated twice to Obamas election - and we know who’s orchestrating much of what Biden Administration is doing. Links everywhere!
LOL. How stupid do they think we are?
If you believe this you will believe anything. 🙄
Yeah, Obama was shocked, and his jaw dropped in surprise when he heard the news./s
This White House is blindsided by anything and everything.
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