Mar-a-Lago raided

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@Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

I don't care what you think of Trump, this is chilling.

On this I think we both agree, albeit for different reasons.

[jon-nyc]

Pompeo is right here, with his comparison to HRC. If they are doing this just because there are classified docs there, they are grossly overplaying their hand and will get crucified over it. But I suspect they are after something very specific

[Horace]

I just assumed this was a politicized raid over a trumped up nothing burger. I mean like I didn’t seriously consider any other possibility, based on the TDSification of the FBI and Justice. We will see.

[xenon]

Now both the left and right want to defund the police.

[jon-nyc]

Imagine being DeSantis and having to pretend you’re not thrilled with this news.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

Imagine being DeSantis and having to pretend you’re not thrilled with this news.

Imagine being more concerned over politicized business relationships between Disney and Florida than with using law enforcement institutions to harass an unpopular ex president.

I know, wait and see!

[jon-nyc]

@Horace Indeed, let’s!

As I said above at least twice now, if they’re just doing this because they can (i.e. because there are classified docs there) they’ll have grossly overplayed their hand and shall be appropriately crucified.

But I strongly suspect that’s not what we’re looking at here.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Whether this is something big or an epic overreach, we can at least enjoy the Magat tears for a few days.

[Jolly]

If Trump takes office in January 2025, remind me to remind him to audit your taxes every year he's in office.

[jon-nyc]

@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States."

The FBI director is a Trump appointee.

[jon-nyc]

lol. I can only imagine. I read elsewhere that the words “Hunter Biden” were mentioned over 50 times in the 3 hours after this news broke.

[Horace]

You are positively giddy.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace

Whether this is something big or an epic overreach, we can at least enjoy the Magat tears for a few days.

[Catseye3]

Sure didn't take long for the half-assed -- no, quarter-assed, no, eighth-assed -- hysterical outrage to bloom. My god, people are so ready to fly into ecstasies of rage anymore. No need for anything like reflection; yer reactions are all right there, ready to be snapped up on the spot without even breaking a sweat.

The wisest thing I redd in this thread and probably would be over the entire Internet is Jon's counsel to wait and see. But nooo, thanks to the magic of the social colossus, everybody all knows everything already, don't we!

SMH.

[Jolly]

Yeah, the wise man who is enjoying MAGAT tears.

GMAFB.

[Jolly]

@Horace said in Mar-a-Lago raided:

You are positively giddy.

Like a teenage schoolgirl.

[Jolly]

Meanwhile we are spending over $70,000/month on housing for Hunter Biden and his Secret Service detail.

A guy with provable felonies, and some serious allegations of influence peddling involving the Big Guy who now sits in the Whitehouse...the same Big Guy who most likely signed off on this raid. No, there won't be a paper trail on the raid, that's not how the Biden Crime Family does things.

But it is how things are done in a banana republic, when El Supremo wishes to wound a political opponent. I don't know why they are so scared if Trump...They've already shown they know how to rig an election.

[Copper]

This is all retaliation for roe v wade

[George K]

Classified Documents:

Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI "raided" his home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and even cracked his safe, with a source familiar with the matter telling NBC News that the search was tied to classified information Trump allegedly took with him from the White House to his Palm Beach resort in January 2021.

Trump also claimed in a written statement that the search — unprecedented in American history — was politically motivated, although he did not provide specifics.

“These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a lengthy email statement issued by his Save America political committee.

“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said before bemoaning: “They even broke into my safe!”

Trump lawyer Christina Bobb, who said she was present for Monday’s search, told NBC News that Trump and his team have been “cooperative with FBI and DOJ officials every step of the way,” while adding that the bureau “did conduct an unannounced raid and seized paper.”
Police direct traffic outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.

A senior government official told NBC News that the FBI was at Mar-a-Largo “for the majority of the day” and confirmed that the search warrant was connected to the National Archives.

Trump this year had to return 15 boxes of documents that were improperly taken from the White House, the National Archives and Records Administration, or NARA, said in February.

“In mid-January 2022, NARA arranged for the transport from the Trump Mar-a-Lago property in Florida to the National Archives of 15 boxes that contained Presidential records, following discussions with President Trump’s representatives in 2021,” the National Archives said in a statement Feb. 7.

Notice how they put "raided" in scare quotes in the first paragraph.

So, if it is about classified documents, well, that's Sandy Berger interesting.

I wonder if it's about Jan 6.

The White House said it was not given a heads up.

“We did not have notice of the reported action and would refer you to the Justice Department for any additional information,” a White House official said.

WH claims ignorance they didn't know.