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Rand Paul: 'Burden of proof' is on FBI to show Mar-a-Lago raid was not a political 'witch hunt'
Fox ^ | Aug 18 | Staff

Posted on 08/18/2022 8:09:06 PM PDT by RandFan

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., argued the FBI should release the affidavit used in the raid on Mar-a-Lago. On "Fox & Friends" Thursday, Rand Paul said the only way to restore confidence in the FBI is to determine through the affidavit whether the raid on President Trump's home was justified.

RAND PAUL: I think the burden is on the FBI to justify this raid. This is extraordinary. This is also the same FBI that used a foreign intelligence warrant to snoop on and spy on the Trump campaign to investigate them for over two years. So I think the burden really is on the FBI. They've been wrong in the past. They've broken the law in using these foreign intelligence warrants. Now they used a domestic warrant, but I do think they need to release the justification for this, because this is extraordinary. And we should not lose sight of the fact this has never, ever happened before for good reason, because we need to have confidence in the FBI. We need to have confidence in our intelligence agencies that they're there to protect us and not to go after people for political purposes. So the burden is on them to prove that this is not a politically motivated witch hunt.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doj; fbi; fbiakastasi; maralago; maralagoraid; randpaul; trump
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1 posted on 08/18/2022 8:09:06 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Rand is correct on that. It is up to the DOJ and the FBI to show the proof.


2 posted on 08/18/2022 8:13:28 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: RandFan

With their recent record, the clear presumption is that is was corrupt.


3 posted on 08/18/2022 8:13:38 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: RandFan

Love a FIGHTER!


4 posted on 08/18/2022 8:14:10 PM PDT by antceecee
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Guilty until proven not back-shooters and kiddie-burners.

Whoops! Guess that'll never happen...

5 posted on 08/18/2022 8:21:44 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RandFan

DOJ Circus, DOJ monkeys. Wow did they prove to be incredibly stupid. I’m sure much of the Beltway swamp is furious with all the players that pulled the trigger to raid Trumps house. Now what was the rants of right wing extremist kooks is hard evidence reality for them. I bet Hillary is out of ash trays about now?


6 posted on 08/18/2022 8:23:57 PM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: RandFan

The DOJ/FBI raided Maralago because of Russiagate files declassified by Trump and because of Trump’s Rico lawsuit, which the government is stalling and because DOJ does not want the files orderd by Trump for release to become public. Everyone knows that!


7 posted on 08/18/2022 8:25:29 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: RandFan

The FBI has been committed to “get Trump” for at least 5 years now.

They are not an honest law enforcement organization, they are organized criminals.


8 posted on 08/18/2022 8:26:03 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: kiryandil

You forgot pregnant wife back shooters and puppy shooters. Governor kidnappers too.


9 posted on 08/18/2022 8:26:11 PM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: antceecee

You would probably like this interview with Eric Trump.

https://elijahstreams.com/watch/watch.php?ID=1147


10 posted on 08/18/2022 8:29:49 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://ThereIsHopeInJesus.com)
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To: Parley Baer

They won’t, because they can’t.

It IS a politically motivated witch hunt.

They can’t not prove what is actually so.


11 posted on 08/18/2022 8:34:49 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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Rand is right, but the FBI is under no obligation to prove anything to him or us.


12 posted on 08/18/2022 8:35:18 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: antceecee

Andrew Breitbart - War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhSy-6VqIww


13 posted on 08/18/2022 8:42:48 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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RAND PAUL: I think the burden is on the FBI to justify this raid.

It's on the DOJ too... maybe even more so. The FBI had nothing to gain and a lot to lose. The DOJ was pure scum and evil... with lots for Merrick Garland to win.

14 posted on 08/18/2022 8:51:16 PM PDT by GOPJ (The “threat to democracy” is shorthand for a threat to Democrats. -- Daniel Greenfield)
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Garland was first nominated by Barack Hussein Obama?


15 posted on 08/18/2022 9:09:08 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only road to keep USA viable.)
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To: RandFan

Like Merry Garland might say, “Revenge is sweet!”


16 posted on 08/18/2022 9:17:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
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To: Mat_Helm

Hopefully, what Trump had in the boxes seized were COPIES of the originals, and the originals are safely stored elsewhere. If Trump were to introduce copies in his lawsuit the crooks would object and claim only originals can be used as evidence, and since the originals don’t exist (how could they know that?) The copies can’t be used.


17 posted on 08/18/2022 9:29:23 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: RandFan

Rand Paul is a beacon of light in a sea of deep state swampy darkness.


18 posted on 08/18/2022 10:15:09 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: antceecee

It is great that the Senate is full of principled fighters like Rand Paul and

and

and

OK basically only Rand Paul.


19 posted on 08/18/2022 10:17:30 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Arcadian Empire

I think President Trump will come out of this outrage with flying colors. I think he’ll easily get elected in 2024. What frustrates me is that I don’t have confidence that he’ll/we’ll dismantle and destroy these people and institutions that have so insideously abused their power to treasonously rob and destroy all of us.

Where is the justice???


20 posted on 08/19/2022 12:29:37 AM PDT by Theophilus (It's fake and defective)
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