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White House Claims It Was Blindsided By FBI Raid On Trump’s Mar-A-Lago: Reports
The Daily Wire ^ | Aug 9, 2022 | By Greg Wilson

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: axelrod; davidaxelrod; fbiraid; garland; jonathanmartin; merrickgarland; nytimes; rubicon
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To: Red Badger

Biden is blindsided by everything he hears every minute of the day.

Biden did not have to be in the loop for this ... or maybe he forgot he verbally authorized it. Plausible Deniability. The dems engage in group think. Garland could very well have executed this all on his own.

The timing is interesting. They have been investigating Trump since at least Apr/May. Why didn’t they search way back then? They waited until almost the last day ahead of the “90 days until the election countdown” to get maximum effect before the mid-terms. We are now at exactly 90 days until the election.


61 posted on 08/09/2022 7:39:40 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: 1Old Pro

“So the FBI briefs the NY Times and not the White House, yea, sure“

I actually have no trouble believing that. Biden and his inner circle are not relevant to the actual, mostly invisible, government.


62 posted on 08/09/2022 7:39:53 AM PDT by Jim Noble (I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains )
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To: logi_cal869

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

The Babylon Bee cannot compete with reality................


63 posted on 08/09/2022 7:40:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

They might actually have been. This smacks much more of a Deep State operation than one that would ever be sanctioned by Democrat Party operatives who would fear the political blowback a raid like this will undoubtedly cause.

That said, Biden and the Democrats are going to get all the blame for it - and rightly so. They’ve weaponized several federal agencies to go after political opponents. The public is never going to buy it now when they try to claim innocence in orchestrating this.


64 posted on 08/09/2022 7:40:04 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: mikelets456

NOTHING! like this could happen without the express approval of the sitting President if it involved a former President. NOTHING!


65 posted on 08/09/2022 7:40:12 AM PDT by Gaffer (Infidel, and proud of it!)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Something as this high level raid there's no way they didn't know about it .....

their lies are an endless stream flowing like a river.

We're in this together!


66 posted on 08/09/2022 7:41:31 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: Red Badger

67 posted on 08/09/2022 7:41:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger
Not surprising: the White House doesn't actually control Garland or the DOJ. Pelosi and the Jan 6 committee do.

This is a junta, with various factions of the Dem party in control of various departments (DOJ, EPA, DHS) or other departments allowed to run themselves (DOD, State).

They only trot out the senile pants crapping figurehead when they need him for some public appearance.

68 posted on 08/09/2022 7:42:03 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Williams

Mudd was innocent.......................


69 posted on 08/09/2022 7:42:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Erik Latranyi

The Obozo/Biden White House were integral parts of this Raid o n President Trump’s home.


70 posted on 08/09/2022 7:43:03 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: Red Badger

“...documents that were reportedly marked as classified...”
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Documents are not marked as “classified”.
Documents that are classified are marked as:
Top Secret, Secret, Confidential, Restricted, Official, etc.


71 posted on 08/09/2022 7:43:20 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Red Badger

Do they expect me to believe that shit?


72 posted on 08/09/2022 7:43:59 AM PDT by JamesP81 (The Democrat Party is a criminal organization.)
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To: dfwgator

The only saving face for Biden is to fire Garland without delay. I still don’t believe the administration was unaware of this raid but this move could save one or two house seats this November. Maybe just one seat. Sorry, I lost my head for a minute.


73 posted on 08/09/2022 7:44:45 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Red Badger

LIES!


74 posted on 08/09/2022 7:45:07 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Red Badger

The thing is, Biden was riding high, he had the best two weeks of his Presidency, the Democrats had all the momentum going their way, and this put it to a screeching halt.


75 posted on 08/09/2022 7:45:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: plain talk

Biden is blindsided attempting to put on a jacket.


76 posted on 08/09/2022 7:45:34 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: americas.best.days...

Obama is very pleased with himself that he was able to weaponize the entire Federal government against the American people. This is his dream to fundamentally change the country to third world. He did it!


77 posted on 08/09/2022 7:45:54 AM PDT by PeachyKeen
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To: Red Badger
BULLSHEET!!!!!!!!
78 posted on 08/09/2022 7:46:10 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: tennmountainman
“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.

First mention I've seen on "crossing the Rubicon." Ax, I thought of it first. lol

79 posted on 08/09/2022 7:46:18 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Red Badger

Well, I mean, what else are they going to say?


80 posted on 08/09/2022 7:46:22 AM PDT by KobraKai
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