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Trump to Newsmax: DOJ Leaders 'Weaponized' Department, FBI
NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:20 AM EDT | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 09/20/2022 11:21:38 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Justice Department leadership has "weaponized" the DOJ and the FBI "like never has happened in the United States" before, former President Donald Trump, speaking out about his first visit to his Mar-a-Lago home after it was searched almost two months ago, said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax on Tuesday.

And, Trump told Newsmax's "Wake Up America," he had conversations about releasing the video footage of the raid and said it resembled a "military coup."

"They would rather not have me [release the footage] because of the safety of the FBI agents that swarmed the place," Trump said. "I don't think they wanted to swarm it. If you want to know the truth.

"I have a great relationship with people in the FBI ... and for the safety of the people that are in the footage, they've asked us not to. Not to put it out. But we do have it."

Meanwhile, Trump insisted that he and his team have "followed the rules" about the documents and that he is stunned that there was a raid "on the house of a former president who is very popular. I mean, I did get more votes than any sitting president in history," and now the home is "not the same."

"You walk in and you say these people are in here and in your bedroom, and they were in Barron's room and Melania's room," Trump said. "I mean, when you think, how terrible it is."

He added that his wife felt "very violated" that the agents were in her bedroom.

"They go into a closet, they go through her dresses, and who knows what else?" said Trump. "And it wasn't left the way they found it … I think it's a disgrace that a thing like this could happen."

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


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1 posted on 09/20/2022 11:21:38 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

I would expect the pics of FBI agents rooting around through a little boy’s underwear will be as defining and problematic as the pics of FBI holding Elian Gonzales at gunpoint.


2 posted on 09/20/2022 11:26:20 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: SoConPubbie
It is too bad that Trump didn't drain the swamp when he had a chance. He certainly knew and talked about it prior to being elected.

Instead, he nominated or appointed deep staters like Wray, Millie, Bolton, Barr etc. etc.

3 posted on 09/20/2022 11:28:52 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: thegagline

Trump promised to lock Hillary Clinton up, but chose not to because he wanted “peace” the Clintons dont want peace, they want Trump and his entire family in jail, he should have locked that b*tch up when he had the chance


4 posted on 09/20/2022 11:30:01 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SoConPubbie

“They would rather not have me [release the footage] because of the safety of the FBI agents that swarmed the place,”

a) FBI agents are public servants with no expectation of privacy when going about the public business

b) If Trump is really worried about them making a stink about it, just pixelate the faces.


5 posted on 09/20/2022 11:30:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SoConPubbie; All

This is a process that has been underway for several decades. Ruby Ridge and Waco should have generated a real across the board politically national debate on the organizational culture and function of federal law enforcement agencies. The Gopers from George H W Bush down were adamant that nothing like that would happen. Why? Much of the political class really believes normal, straight, middle class , white Americans are vicious and evil and must be ‘controlled’. How did that happen?


6 posted on 09/20/2022 11:33:39 AM PDT by robowombat (As am I, but it isnot any of my business that the people of GOrth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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To: SoConPubbie

per special request the fbi agents grabbed a pair from the hamper

they were shipped to delaware

for national security reasons the fbi will not say who made the special request for the dirty panties


7 posted on 09/20/2022 11:36:00 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: SoConPubbie

I am glad that President Trump is putting this out there.


8 posted on 09/20/2022 12:00:30 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: SoConPubbie
"They would rather not have me [release the footage] because of the safety of the FBI agents that swarmed the place," Trump said. "I don't think they wanted to swarm it. If you want to know the truth.

Release it. I don’t care about their safety. Each agent made the choice to go on that raid. They could have quit if they cared one iota for our country.

9 posted on 09/20/2022 12:13:15 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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Bkmk


10 posted on 09/20/2022 12:19:14 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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I don’t think he is only/primarily concerned about the safety of those who trashed his place in the raid-it could be that he is using that nice-sounding reason as a lure to encourage some defectors/whistle blowers who know they are in the video to break ranks-or he may be saving the video to detonate it like a nuke at an appropriate time in future...


11 posted on 09/20/2022 12:59:53 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: ping jockey

Absolutely-and every woman would be disgusted and creeped out if she knows that handling/taking items of women’s clothing is what guys with a fetish for that stuff do...


13 posted on 09/20/2022 2:45:31 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoConPubbie

Unlike Latin, English is a living language, always changing....

Weoponized now means CLOWNED


14 posted on 09/20/2022 5:20:54 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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