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EXCLUSIVE: Was there a Mar-a-Lago RAT? Retired FBI agent says 'informant' likely handed over evidence that led to 'unprecedented' raid - and agents wanted documents before 'they disappeared'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | PUBLISHED: 10:41 EDT, 9 August 2022 | UPDATED: 10:47 EDT, 9 August 2022 | By KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 08/09/2022 12:47:54 PM PDT by Red Badger

Retired FBI Special Agent Michael Tabman said it's likely an 'informant' revealed information to the FBI that led to the raid of Trump's home on Monday

'I think somebody gave them information indicating that these documents are there,' Tabman told DailyMail.com in a Tuesday interview

The FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday in apparent relations to a probe into him taking official White House documents to Florida

Tabman said there was likely a breakdown in cooperation between Trump and the FBI that led to the raid Explained: 'You got evidence that you need to get before it disappears or it moves and you can't see it anymore'

Retired FBI Special Agent Michael Tabman told DailyMail.com it's likely an 'informant' revealed information to the FBI that led to the raid of Trump's home on Monday

The FBI raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday was likely sparked by new information from an 'informant' and a breakdown in cooperation between the agency and former president, a former agent told DailyMail.com.

Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Tabman, who served the agency for 24 years, said a raid of this level of sensitivity would need to be approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

'I think somebody gave them information indicating that these documents are there,' Tabman said, adding two hypothetical 'insider' revelations: 'You have not been told the truth about their existence. You're not getting them unless you come get them.'

'I think there was inside information – call it an informant if you want,' he told DailyMail.com. 'I believe either someone told them something or some other information was stumbled upon, which was kind of conclusive in their minds that they had to go now to get that or they're not getting it.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabber; betrayal; insidespy; marytrump
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1 posted on 08/09/2022 12:47:54 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Reaching for straws.


2 posted on 08/09/2022 12:49:34 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Red Badger

Could the RAT have planted evidence?


3 posted on 08/09/2022 12:49:41 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, “evidence” like the Vindman “transcript” that was a complete fabrication.


4 posted on 08/09/2022 12:50:07 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: JonPreston

Maybe the Trump team lied to the RAT and set him/her up...................


5 posted on 08/09/2022 12:50:33 PM 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

Yup...like the informant who stated that DJT tried to grab the wheel of The Beast.


6 posted on 08/09/2022 12:50:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Red Badger

Another “informant” aka a false claim so they can get a warrant and go fishing.


7 posted on 08/09/2022 12:50:53 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Red Badger

We don’t need the news to speculate for us, we need them to either go find out or just do some other line of work.


8 posted on 08/09/2022 12:51:24 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Red Badger

The media makes up a lie and the FBI uses the media lie to get a warrant.


9 posted on 08/09/2022 12:51:31 PM PDT by IC Ken
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To: Red Badger

If there was real evidence, we would have seen it by now. Do these people even realize what they did? After the past 5 years of FBI behavior, not buying one iota of this b.s.


10 posted on 08/09/2022 12:52:38 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: JonPreston

I think a Rat slipped in a classified document or two in a box of documents Trump was going to take home. This was a setup that they could pull off strategically before the midterms or General to do the maximum damage. If the document was found there would be no way for Trump to prove his innocence. Its the perfect setup.


11 posted on 08/09/2022 12:52:52 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: Red Badger

Had to be.


12 posted on 08/09/2022 12:53:05 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: IC Ken

Close.

The FBI makes up a lie and gives it to the media, who publishes it, then FBI uses the media lie to get a warrant......................


13 posted on 08/09/2022 12:53:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: JonPreston
Could the RAT have planted evidence?

It would not surprise me in the least if they slipped a Deep State Secret Service agent into President Trump's security detail. They are supposed to keep quiet about things, but the DS has a lot of money to throw around, or blackmail people or their families.
14 posted on 08/09/2022 12:53:29 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Red Badger
The marching orders are clear: if you don't find evidence, manufacture it.

This is the Russian collusion hoax redux. The truth is whatever the Democrats and MSM say it is.

In the interim, remember a man is a woman if THEY say so.

15 posted on 08/09/2022 12:54:03 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: Red Badger

The same FBI was at Mar A Lago in June with Trump and his attorneys present..they saw the same boxes and saw ZERO issues with them, ZERO


16 posted on 08/09/2022 12:54:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Red Badger

Or a big fat lie to use an excuse to go in.


17 posted on 08/09/2022 12:54:39 PM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: Red Badger

I hope the “informant” lied with the intent of drawing the FIB into a political trap.


18 posted on 08/09/2022 12:54:55 PM PDT by Silver78
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To: Red Badger

Like they did with Hillary?


19 posted on 08/09/2022 12:55:12 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: Red Badger

It was probably McConnel and McCarthy providing false info. I’m sure they at least knew it was going to happen.


20 posted on 08/09/2022 12:55:32 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. ~ Lewis Carroll)
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