Posted on 08/09/2022 11:39:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
45th President Donald Trump released a statement on Monday saying that the FBI has raided his Florida home. Trump, who spoke at CPAC on Saturday in Dallas, and in Kenosha, Wisc. on Friday, said that his home is “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” It was later reported that the FBI took 15 boxes of material from the former president’s residence.
Fox reported that more than 30 FBI agents raided the home, and were “not being judicious” about what they took from the home. Trump was New York at the time of the raid. It was also reported that the Department of Justice had advanced notice that the raid would be taking place.
“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,” he began. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before.”
“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” he said.
It was reported by The New York Times’ that the search “appeared to be focused on material that Mr. Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago” which “contained many pages of classified documents, according to a person familiar with their contents.”
The New York Times reported that “Mr. Trump delayed returning 15 boxes of material requested by officials with the National Archives for many months, only doing so when there became a threat of action being taken to retrieve them.”
CBS reported that that the boxes of documents that the FBI took from Trump’s home were not specifically related to January 6.
According to Fox News, the raid occurred early Monday morning and FBI agents brought a “safe cracker” and cracked a “relatively new” safe in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. A source told the outlet there was “nothing in it.”
“It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Elections,” Trump continued, speaking about the raid.
“Such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries. Sadly, America has now become one of those Countries, corrupt at a level not seen before. They even broke into my safe! What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States.
“The political persecution of President Donald J. Trump has been going on for years, with the now fully debunked Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, Impeachment Hoax #1, Impeachment Hoax #2, and so much more, it just never ends. It is political targeting at the highest level!
“Hillary Clinton was allowed to delete and acid wash 33,000 E-mails AFTER they were subpoenaed by Congress. Absolutely nothing has happened to hold her accountable. She even took antique furniture, and other items from the White House.
“I stood up to America’s bureaucratic corruption, I restored power to the people, and truly delivered for our Country, like we have never seen before. The establishment hated it. Now, as they watch my endorsed candidates win big victories, and see my dominance in all polls, they are trying to stop me, and the Republican Party, once more. The lawlessness, political persecution, and Witch Hunt must be exposed and stopped.
“I will continue to fight for the Great American People!”
Trump has been under persistent investigation by the January 6 Committee, which seeks to hold him accountable for a riot that occurred on January 6, 2021. The FBI has said that there was no evidence that the events of that day had been pre-planned.
Some of those who worked with Trump in his administration have faced similar fates. Former Trump official Jeffrey Clark was raised at his home in Virginia in June. That raid was part of the Biden DOJ’s probe into the “alternate electors” slated by multiple states in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
This confirms what many of us already knew.
The FBI is the American Gestapo.
and the safe was EMPTY..the FBI was like Geraldo when he found Al Capone’s vault, his career never recovered
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It can happen to any of us.
No one seems to realize that the Presidential Records Act is blatantly unconstitutional. It’s never been tested because it’s never been used.
The FBI needs to be gutted. This is utter BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not me.
I don’t have a safe....................😜
I heard they found Hunter smoking crack in the safe.
I’m starting to wonder why nobody directly affiliated with President Trump has come out and said what this was all about. The NYT claims this was about some White House documents Trump was allegedly supposed to have returned, but as far as I can tell, we don’t yet have any details from the Trump side at all.
The DC a-holes wanted to be as obnoxious as possible. They brought a safe cracker to break open the safe when Trump would have had it opened for them.
How did they know there was a safe in the house before the raid?
I guess the FBI hangs with people with odd talents.
They have been spying on Trump for years and years. It is mo crime when they do it.
A mole. They knew a lot of things.
What if....................
What if ......... This was a ‘TRAP’?
What if ......... Someone tipped the DOJ/FBI that there were TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS hidden in the SAFE at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate?
What if ......... the DOJ/FBI bought it hook-line-and sinker?
What if ......... they got a SEARCH WARRANT based on FALSE IMFORMATION?
What if ......... They then raided the home and broke into the SAFE and found NOTHING?
What if ......... They left with EGG ALL OVER THEIR FACES?........................
I visualize in the future when a federal hearing starts it is asked of a person “Are you now or were you ever a member of the Democrat Party”?
Legal procedure for opening safes does not permit them being opened on site. This act alone was a violation of law.
The whole thing is going to be a miserable FAIL for the dumb dems. A spectacular fail!
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