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Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump
MSN Washington Post ^ | 1 March 2023 | Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Perry Stein

Posted on 03/01/2023 7:35:24 AM PST by Magnatron

Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents over how best to try to recover classified documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and residence led to a tense showdown near the end of July last year, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

Prosecutors argued that new evidence suggested Trump was knowingly concealing secret documents at his Palm Beach, Fla., home and urged the FBI to conduct a surprise raid at the property. But two senior FBI officials who would be in charge of leading the search resisted the plan as too combative and proposed instead to seek Trump’s permission to search his property, according to the four people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a sensitive investigation.

Prosecutors ultimately prevailed in that dispute, one of several previously unreported clashes in a tense tug of war between two arms of the Justice Department over how aggressively to pursue a criminal investigation of a former president.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arrestmerrickgarland; fbi; maralagoraid; pdjt; raid; trump
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To: Magnatron

Check out CSPAN 3..Mr Cruz just took a large chunk out of Mr. Garland’s arse


21 posted on 03/01/2023 8:52:20 AM PST by halfright (Voter ID. No Exceptions. Paper Ballots and no voting before or after the election.)
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To: Magnatron

“according to four people familiar with the discussions.”

Never, ever trust washington posts articles using anonymous sources.

That’s exactly how they drove the Russian collusion hoax, among many other fake news anti-trump articles: “according to people familiar with the discussions.”


22 posted on 03/01/2023 9:03:32 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Magnatron

The path they took should have been the same no matter who was the former POTUS or VPOTUS. When you pick the appropriate way to deal with it, it should be reproducible and you should stand behind the decision as just.

They are corrupt liars and politically motivated because they took a different path for Trump than say:

Hillary Clinton (helped destroy records and said didn’t mean to break the law)

Barrack Obama (WNL-—doesn’t mean Within normal limits-—it means WE NEVER LOOKED because we are afraid)

Joe Biden—We will just get his own people to search so they can get rid of the incriminating stuff before.

Bill Clinton— Oh....has personal FBI files of political opponents.....gee we are sorry....didn’t mean to find those.....

Schiff for brains, Nancy Pelosi.....we could just go on and on. Trump WAS treated differently from the get go, openly set up, accused of crimes he never did, investigated over false allegations, undermined by the very FBI whose job it is to provide justice by providing INJUSTICE.

The entire FBI is dirty, cutting off the snakes head will only have another dirty FBI head grow back in no time. They need to make an example of Wray, Comey, and those that used law enforcement positions to commit sedition. They need to spend the rest of their lives in Florence Colorado.


23 posted on 03/01/2023 9:38:23 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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To: Tench_Coxe
They're trying to rehabilitate the FBI.

Just their image, not the actual organization. It's like giving Hunter Biden a nice shave and having him wear a three piece suit to meet his crack dealer and whores.

24 posted on 03/01/2023 10:24:16 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gain of Pfunction. Gain of Pfunding. Gain of Pfizer. Now in control of Project Pferitas.)
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To: Magnatron

Jimmy Carter has Classified Documents in his library on the VELA Incident. I wonder when the Fat Boy Institute is going to raid him at his home?


25 posted on 03/01/2023 11:41:18 AM PST by Wizdum (Tyranny always ends badly for the tyrannical. Ask Ceaușescu, Gaddafi or Saddam.)
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To: Magnatron

Does anyone question why they didn’t assassinate Trump?

Because it is far better to destroy your opponent..than kill him?
He doesn’t become a Martyr and noone takes up arms.


26 posted on 03/01/2023 12:04:54 PM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: halfright
Cruz just took a large chunk out of Mr. Garland’s arse...

Saw that. Was a pretty good interrogation of the weasel...

27 posted on 03/01/2023 1:23:48 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Garland in today’s hearing shoved this entirely on the FBI, but then Hawley pushed it back in his face pointing out that the FBI was overruled by Garland himself.

Garland looked the fool his is in today’s hearing.


28 posted on 03/01/2023 1:58:38 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Where do you watch the hearings?


29 posted on 03/01/2023 1:59:34 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Where do you watch the hearings?

Go to C-span.org. It's the best way to view all of these -- including the White House press conferences. Away from all of the "intelligent" commentary and interpretations of the media.

30 posted on 03/01/2023 2:02:41 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Sounds like a heaping-helping of CYA going on.


31 posted on 03/01/2023 2:12:30 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Todays hearings were on CSpan3.


32 posted on 03/01/2023 3:17:54 PM PST by halfright (Voter ID. No Exceptions. Paper Ballots and no voting before or after the election.)
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To: halfright

Thank you. Guess I’ll have to bring it up on my PC; I don’t think I can get any of the C-span “channels” streaming on my smart TV.


33 posted on 03/01/2023 3:24:17 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: Magnatron

I heard about this on Hannity or Carlson. Josh Hawley said it was White House’s decision to raid Mar-a-Lago. Good Lord! This is un-Fg-believable!


34 posted on 03/01/2023 7:40:57 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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35 posted on 03/02/2023 5:33:51 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Wizdum

Jimmy Carter has Classified Documents in his library on the VELA Incident. I wonder when the Fat Boy Institute is going to raid him at his home?

“Controversy Hovers over Possible Nuclear Signal Detected in South Atlantic in 1979; Israeli or South African Origin Suspected by Some Experts – and President Carter

CIA Saw “Probability of a Nuclear Test as 90% Plus,” According to Newly Posted Document

Additional Evidence Casts Doubts on White House Science Advisers’ Dismissal of Possibility of a Nuclear Test:

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2019-09-22/vela-flash-forty-years-ago


36 posted on 03/02/2023 8:40:07 AM PST by Grampa Dave ("What is your 'fair share' of what someone, else has worked for?" ~~ Thomas Sowell~~!!?!!)
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To: Magnatron

Months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents over how best to try to recover documents that would show they were corrupt forgers of Russian collusion hoax.


37 posted on 03/18/2023 11:04:01 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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