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Trump sent cryptic message to Merrick Garland before warrant was unsealed: 'The country is on fire. What can I do to reduce the heat?'
MSN ^ | 8/14/22 | Alia Shoaib

Posted on 08/14/2022 6:12:24 AM PDT by Callahan

Former President Donald Trump attempted to convey a cryptic message to Attorney General Merrick Garland following the FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, a report says.

According to The New York Times, Trump wanted Garland to know that he had been speaking with people around the country and that they were enraged by the FBI search.

"The country is on fire. What can I do to reduce the heat?" was the message Trump wanted to be conveyed to Garland, a person familiar with the exchange told the paper.

A person close to the former president reached out to a Justice Department official to give Garland the message, the paper reported. It is not clear if the message reached him.

Several people took to social media to suggest that Trump's message to Garland could be interpreted as a veiled threat.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aliashoaib; creepstate; deepstate; doj; fakenews; garland; merrickgarland; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; policestate; raid; singlepartystate; trump; twitter
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1 posted on 08/14/2022 6:12:24 AM PDT by Callahan
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To: Callahan

The DOJ is gone Rogue


2 posted on 08/14/2022 6:15:53 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Callahan

there was no message...the gossip mongers continue their work.


3 posted on 08/14/2022 6:17:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Callahan

Garland would be more credible if he didn’t have a kangaroo suit in his closet (along with some of Melania’s dresses).


4 posted on 08/14/2022 6:19:09 AM PDT by euram
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To: Callahan

At this point I wouldn’t give any credibility to anyone saying anything on either side of the subject.


5 posted on 08/14/2022 6:20:01 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: Callahan

He was telling that Crooked SOB the truth!! Personally, I see no way out of where we are peacefully!


6 posted on 08/14/2022 6:20:01 AM PDT by southernerwithanattitude (New and Improved Redneck!)
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To: Callahan
a person familiar with the exchange told the paper.

does this person have a name?
7 posted on 08/14/2022 6:20:32 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Callahan

8 posted on 08/14/2022 6:20:38 AM PDT by TruthWillWin (Joe is not my POTUS)
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To: Sacajaweau
there was no message...the gossip mongers continue their work.

This. The hate-filled left are panicked about losing control in Nov/Jan.

They should be panicked. The dems have done nothing good while in control. Everything has gone to hell and it can all be rightly blamed on them. May they never control congress again (pipe dream but a good one).

9 posted on 08/14/2022 6:21:37 AM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” )
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To: Sacajaweau

Consider the source:

“Alia Shoaib is a junior news reporter on the weekend team, based in London.

She was previously an editorial intern at The Economist’s 1843 magazine and a social media fellow at The Economist. Prior to that she was a part-time researcher for The Times foreign desk.”

junior reporter

weekend team

intern

part-time researcher

Not even worth reading IMO


10 posted on 08/14/2022 6:21:50 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Callahan
"The country is on fire. What can I do to reduce the heat?" was the message Trump wanted to be conveyed to Garland, a person familiar with the exchange told the paper.

They just make it up as they go, these “journalists”.

11 posted on 08/14/2022 6:22:18 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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The party of hollywood keep revising the script.


12 posted on 08/14/2022 6:22:56 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Callahan

Funny how many things are said about Trump in the media by people who seem to be invisible…


13 posted on 08/14/2022 6:24:24 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: TruthWillWin

Brilliant! I’m gonna use that one! Thanks!


14 posted on 08/14/2022 6:24:41 AM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” )
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To: Callahan

This is a person who needs to be fired from their job, like the young man... what was his name... Jason or something like that... who got fired from the NYT for just making stuff up.


15 posted on 08/14/2022 6:26:11 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." - A communist asshole named Beria)
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To: bankwalker
does this person have a name

Do they ever?

16 posted on 08/14/2022 6:26:56 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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>... a person familiar with the exchange told the paper.

Some anonymous person talking to the NY Times?

It could have been somebody's cousin's, brother-in-law, Director of Leftism's assertion. Just worthless when trying to ascertain anything.

17 posted on 08/14/2022 6:28:17 AM PDT by glorgau
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Veiled Threat?....it was too nice.


18 posted on 08/14/2022 6:32:18 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Callahan

/eyeroll.


19 posted on 08/14/2022 6:32:42 AM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Callahan

Garland and all the libs can do whatever they want because the RNC has no leadership and the libs know it. The RNC never asks for anything, the Republican Party seems to accept anything that is thrown at them. Maybe the reason the RNC supports so many Rinos. They give the Rinos campaign money and a few months later the Rinos are supporting the Libs and nothing is said by McDaniels or McDaniels. Time for a change.


20 posted on 08/14/2022 6:33:41 AM PDT by chopperk
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