https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-informer-told-fbi-what-docs-trump-was-hiding-where-1732283
Both senior government officials say the raid was scheduled with no political motive, the FBI solely intent on recovering highly classified documents that were illegally removed from the White House. Preparations to conduct such an operation began weeks ago, but in planning the date and time, the FBI Miami Field Office and Washington headquarters were focused on the former president's scheduled return to Florida from his residences in New York and New Jersey.
"They were seeking to avoid any media circus," says the second source, a senior intelligence official who was briefed on the investigation and the operation. "So even though everything made sense bureaucratically and the FBI feared that the documents might be destroyed, they also created the very firestorm they sought to avoid, in ignoring the fallout."
Wait, did I miss the headline where the FBI raided Hillary's house after she took a government server and other government documents home? Wait, no?
ReplyDeleteRules are For Thee, but Not for Me.
ReplyDeleteAnd then you wonder - why doesn't he reveal the warrant? Oh he won't because it'll say bad things about what he did. It's a warrant. Of course it will. It has to say bad things because otherwise it wouldn't have been issued. A warrant that says "Well the congressional hearings are going nowhere so we'll raid your house to make you look really guilty" could never be issued.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is as good as yours.
ReplyDeleteRemember, a warrant only contains allegations about what the person supposedly did.
Nevertheless even if the allegations are false, the damage is already done.
In the courtroom of the mind, the person already stands convicted, even thought the person never had a chance to defend themselves in court.
Exactly. Trump could be 100% innocent but he would be playing a dangerous game releasing the warrant. If he eventually is exonerated and the raid winds up meaning nothing (my bet) the public will still think "Oh he's guilty but they just couldn't catch him in time".
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