Posted on 08/12/2022 7:06:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
Federal law enforcement officials were allegedly searching for highly classified documents on “nuclear weapons” when they raided former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida earlier this week, according to a report.
The Washington Post claimed in a report that those familiar with the matter did not offer any specific details on whether the alleged documents on nuclear weapons were about weapons that were possessed by the United States or a foreign nation, and they did not disclose what was recovered during the search.
“If that is true, it would suggest that material residing unlawfully at Mar-a-Lago may have been classified at the highest classification level,” said David Laufman, the former chief of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence section, which investigates leaks of classified information. “If the FBI and the Department of Justice believed there were top secret materials still at Mar-a-Lago, that would lend itself to greater ‘hair-on-fire’ motivation to recover that material as quickly as possible.”
Investigators reportedly recovered classified material, some of which was labeled “top secret.”
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said during a press conference Thursday afternoon that he personally approved the search warrant on Mar-a-Lago and that the Justice Department was moving to unseal the warrant.
“Just now the Justice Department has filed a motion in the southern district of Florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the F.B.I. conducted earlier this week” at Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, Garland said. “The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter.”
“I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter,” Garland later added. “Second, the department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.”
Trump responded to Garland’s remarks by saying that the FBI raid was not needed because his legal team had been cooperating with the Justice Department.
“My attorneys and representatives were cooperating fully, and very good relationships had been established,” Trump said in response to the press conference. “The government could have had whatever they wanted, if we had it. They asked us to put an additional lock on a certain area – DONE! Everything was fine, better than that of most previous Presidents, and then, out of nowhere and with no warning, Mar-a-Lago was raided, at 6:30 in the morning, by VERY large numbers of agents, and even ‘safecrackers.’ They got way ahead of themselves. Crazy!”
“Just learned that agents went through the First Lady’s closets and rummaged through her clothing and personal items,” Trump continued. “Surprisingly, left area in a relative mess. Wow!”
This article has been expanded after publication to include additional information.
Because they know that the word 'nuclear' is a TRIGGER WORD for Americans.
They figured that the ONE THING Americans of ALL POLITICAL STRIPES would rally around would be the Nuclear Deterrent.
They are wrong, again.......................
Bull.
Trump Declassed numerous documents related to FBI collusion with DNC. The declass process prevented their release. FBI, etc. will do anything to prevent DECLASS Documents from going public as they prove DEEP STATE Corruption. My opinion is Trump trolled them, set a trap and has exposed the Gestapo.
they got Trump now! Again!
a cocktail napkin with the words “NUCLEAR WEAPON” on it.
book him, merrick
get the gallows ready
Joey Bananas approves
As I read this, nothing has been confirmed..?
Trump Lawyer: Garland’s Depiction of Mar-a-Lago Events Inaccurate
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-doj/2022/08/11/id/1082784/
To quote the media,
This might be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump.
This is all a bunch of hogwash that a whole bunch of people are now running away from. No one wants to touch it.
according to a report.>>>>>>>>
Another FBI leak story to justify the GARLAND OVEREACH.
COMPLETE LIE.
RELEASE THE SEARCH AFFIDAVIT AND TELL US THE NAME OF THE AFFIANT!
Not even good b.s. Silly b.s.
They don’t respect the deplorables enough to have a chief propagandist who can consistently turn out good b.s.
Need to replace the minister of disinformation ASAP!
Is that what they planted?
Notice what is missing from this revelation,,,
There were NONE found.
They would have shouted from the rooftops if they found nuke stuff.
They havent, cuz there was none found.
Weaselanda.
Talk about bait and switch
Urinal-ism..
Maybe this is what they will plant as evidence.
Otherwise this makes no sense.
This whole thing is so sketchy, they could produce an actual suitcase nuke alleged to be taken from Mar-A-Lago, and I still would be 1000% sure they were full of $hit.
Look for Ukraine to have a nuclear disaster this weekend. They will get nuclear into every news broadcast for a month, tying nuclear disaster to Trump risk.
The search came up empty handed. Otherwise, the DOL would not be petitioning the Court to release the search warrant. If a criminal case had developed from the items seized, SOP would be to keep the contents of the warrant private.
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Not true
Steve Doocy on FnF mentioned game changer “nuclear documents” three times in less than a minute this morning.
So some people who were outraged over the raid are now concerned. “Well, if it was about nukes, we understand”. THIS is how it’s done.
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