Biden - "Another raid?"
Garland - "Sure. Why not? The rich celebrity likes the publicity."
Posted on 10/06/2022 8:42:28 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
The attention given to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort over the last few months — courtesy of the FBI's Aug. 8 raid, stemming from a document dispute with the National Archives — has brought billions of dollars in free publicity to his Florida home, he said Wednesday.
"Has anyone heard about the document hoax? Helicopters flying over Mar-a-Lago," said Trump, while speaking at the National Hispanic Leadership Conference, a Miami-based event arranged by the America First Policy Institute. "Well, they've given us about $5 billion worth of free publicity, I will say."
Trump then added, "People said, 'That's a nice house.' If it weren't so nice they probably wouldn't be doing it, because it gets ratings."
Regarding the document dispute, Trump said he has been wrongly cast in a bad light, and unfairly persecuted, unlike other former presidents.
"Everyone knows we've done nothing wrong," Trump said. "They are targeting me because they want to silence me, silence you, and silence our amazing [Make America Great Again] movement. There's never been a movement like this in the history of our country."
The Trump-Justice Department dispute has quieted down in recent weeks, after Judge Aileen Cannon selected Judge Raymond Dearie as the special master, or arbiter of the case.
However, Trump's legal team objected to the DOJ's request for an expedited ruling from Judge Dearie.
Over the past two months, Trump's legal team has been steadfast in maintaining the former president's innocence.
"This [dispute] is about documents," Trump attorney Alina Habba told Newsmax back in August, while appearing on "Eric Bolling The Balance." "The president was cooperating. I cannot fathom or understand the necessity to have 30 [FBI agents] come in on a raid."
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"Absolutely no reason. It doesn't make sense," Habba said. "In 100 years, [America] has never used this statute. It's antiquated. It's old. It doesn't exist for any purpose except for true espionage. But leave it to the Biden administration to put it into place against President Trump because he's leading in the polls."
Now the IRS is going to ask him to pay taxes on the $5 billion.
The FBI better report the contribution in kind to the FEC!
Biden - "Another raid?"
Garland - "Sure. Why not? The rich celebrity likes the publicity."
First and foremost, the FBI showed no probable cause of a crime before the raid making it an unreasonable search and seizure contrary to 4th Amendment.
Anything and everything sized in this illegal raid is the fruit of the poisonous tree, cannot be used against Trump, and should be returned.
Trump should go after the heads of the FBI and those in collaboration using RICO statutes if necessary.
Bam!
Trump You Glorius Bastard !
Rub the fibes nose in It.
Sell it to some goofy lib who wants to burn it down and pocket the cash
This is an obvious lie. It’s only $4.5 billion. </sarc>
Biden will go down in history as a corrupt man wh almost destroyed the rule of law in the US. Children will despise him, his gravesite will perpetually smell of urine.
ALMOST???
And Letita James will indict him for tax fraud
Yeah, it’s still hanging on by a thread. Hopefully there are a few judges who will stand up for the law instead of retreating like cowards or supporting lawlessness
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