Posted on 08/08/2022 8:37:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The reaction to the FBI raid — reportedly with a large group of agents — on Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago is setting off a firestorm of reactions.
Dan Bongino blasted it as some “third world bulls**t.” He also said it was a “clarion call” for everyone to get off their seats and vote the Democrats out. Dana Loesch believed it was the Democrats trying to settle “political scores.” Lara and Eric Trump ripped the action and provided more information about what had happened in the raid, including that the FBI didn’t find anything in a safe in the home when they cracked it open.
Reports are suggesting that this raid may be in relation to classified documents that they think should be with the National Archives. But if that’s the case, it’s an insane overreaction rather than just pursuing the documents in a normal manner. The family said they had been cooperating in reviewing documents that the National Archives might want. But to send in agents and just grab documents right and left, even breaking into the safe in the home is just wild and it sounds like a fishing expedition. Is it to try to find other things, with that as an excuse?
Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz is calling it “misconduct.” According to him, in an appearance on Newsmax, such a raid should be the method of last resort, unless they can’t get the documents through subpoenas or any other lawful methods.
“The raid is supposed to be a last resort,” he said. “But this administration has used the weaponization of the justice system against its political enemies. It has arrested people, denied them bail, put them in handcuffs – used all kinds of techniques that are not usually applied to American citizens. I just hope this raid has the justification. If it doesn’t have the justification, the materials seized in it will be suppressed.”
“This is improper, and this is misconduct,” Dershowitz said if they didn’t have any more justification. “We have to find out what the facts are. But we have to make sure the shoe fits on the other foot – that we want to make sure what is being one here is something that Democrats would not oppose if it were being done to Democratic operatives, as well.”
On Fox, Dershowitz took up another issue with the raid, saying that the government would have to show they had reasonable evidence that this information would be destroyed. Additionally, he said, they improperly opened the safe on the premises which they should not have done.
Alan Dershowitz on the legality of the #Trump #MarALagoRaid pic.twitter.com/a86YuI1qRd
— Diener (@sdiener86) August 9, 2022
Dershowitz said that, in his opinion, they had “violated the rules of the Justice Department, they’d gone after a former president and a future candidate, and they darn well better have smoking gun proof, which I don’t see happening.”
“Clearly there’s been a double standard,” Dershowitz declared. “You don’t get a warrant unless a subpoena wouldn’t suffice.”
This has been a wild night, but the Biden Justice Department may have just stepped over the line and into a legal hornet’s nest with this action against Trump.
The Regime doesn’t care, Professor.
There needs to start being legal consequences for “misconduct”.
who is going to hold the democrats accountable?
only the voters can do that
Well, if history is any guide, Dersh coming out so vehemently on one side or another means there will be utterly no consequence for the initiating party and an open ended morass of liability for the aggrieved party.
Keeps folks from chatting about the ‘build back broke’ vote, eh?
You put that very well and you’re absolutely right.
We’re now facing “You’re guilty until you prove yourself innocent”.
As Trump said, the US is now a third wold country. It’s only a matter of time before this administration starts imprisoning political enemies and dissidents.
the left don’t care if it’s legal or not-
"legal hornet's nest" implies there is some law we can appeal to. Its far beyond that now.
They “stepped over the line”?
“Alan Dershowitz is calling it misconduct.” AD is a failure. In other news, Trump’s popularity doubled and got stronger today, because Trump had his house visited by the FBI. Dershowitz, FBI, etc. are failures with nothing to do but protect their weakness from exposure.
They used a Never Trumper at the National Archives to get a Judge to sign off so they could confiscate everything and look in his safes.
The same Judge signed off on a FISA, no doubt, and they are electronically surveilling Trump, his family, and businesses.
Like the whistleblower was directed by Schiff to fill out the IG Complaint and leave certain fields empty.
Peter Strzok says he’s still Investigating Trump, and pretty prominent people in charge follow him on Twitter.
This was all about the Confiscation and has nothing to do with Papers.
The same idiot Archivist was running interference for Hillary’s scheme.
I posted this earlier this evening on another thread:
Allen Dershowitz was on Fox yesterday sounding all wishy washy (his being a Dem background showing all over the place). Biden won a few votes recently and Allen (or is it Alan) was wobbling as to whose side he should be on.
Now the Mar-A-Lago raid happens and Dershowitz is shocked enough to swing back towards Trump/Pubs, because Dershowitz is a very Constitution driven kind of guy. So tonight on Fox he’s back to Trump’s side.
Allen = Alan above.
“There needs to start being legal consequences for “misconduct”.”
No, there needs to be real physical, financial, and possibly permanent consequences for ‘misconduct’. A ‘strongly worded letter’ in your file does nothing but provide a moment of levity for the perp. Twenty years in a cell with a 7 foot sex addict for a cell-mate will make more of an impression. Loss of pension and your assets and your family living on the street will make more of an impression.
It has to be real, not a slap on the wrist.
LOL
Ya mean Sandy Burglar was not consulted on how to deal with archived documents?
These low-lifes make Hugo Chavez look like a rookie.
Dersh doesn’t get it. Legal is out the door.
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