Posted on 08/26/2022 12:33:20 PM PDT by conservative98
The Department of Justice (DOJ) affidavit seeking a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month was uncertain whether there were documents with “defense information,” or merely ordinary presidential records.
In the affidavit, submitted by an FBI special agent, the DOJ argued that based on 15 boxes of materials voluntarily submitted by Trump, which were disorganized and allegedly included documents that had some classified markings, there was probable cause to believe that there were other such documents on the premises, and that they were not being properly, securely stored.
In addition, the DOJ stated that “there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified NDI [National Defense Information] or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain at the PREMISES.” The key word is “or”; the DOJ did not know exactly what it was looking for. (It added that it might find “evidence of obstruction” — that is, of deliberate refusal to comply with past requests for documents from the White House.) Thus the DOJ could not state with certainty whether it was seeking to enforce the criminal law against mishandling defense information, or whether it was seeking to enforce the Presidential Records Act, which does not have criminal enforcement.
Later in the affidavit, the FBI special agent admitted that he (or she) did not actually know whether documents with alleged classified markings actually had defense information; however, he (or she) merely asserted that “[b]ased on my training and experience, I know that documents classified at these levels typically contain NDI.” Much of the affidavit was redacted.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Of course they wouldn’t care about little things like someone’s rights when they’re so fully committed to their travesty of justice. In a banana they don’t sweat the details.
Affidavit: DOJ Wasn't Sure Whether Documents Had 'Defense Information' https://t.co/hnU1hrwwNs— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 26, 2022
The 4th Amendment requires a showing of probable cause of a crime BEFORE a valid search is conducted.
Uncertainty is NOT probable cause of a crime.
How long before we get our Russia look alike license plates?.
So they came in with an armored brigade? They could have just called the front desk and asked for an appointment.
Fishing expedition. Modus operandi for the DOJ/FBI.
Not just the FBI, but the DOJ itself needs to be eliminated, wiped out entirely and let the President get by on fewer lawyers (if the President is decent and believes in America, the lawyers in the DOJ do nothing but oppose him anyway).
Make a small legal department for the President of 50 non-permanent, hand-selected lawyers.
“They could have just called the front desk and asked for an appointment”
All orchestrated to give the perception that DJT is a dangerous criminal.....even though he wasn’t even in the state. SMH
Did the same thing with Roger Stone if you recall.
essentially, they dragged a huge fishing net through Mar A Lago in hopes of snaring the Great White Trump. Captain Ahab would be proud.
Brownshit Nazis at work.
IOW, this equivalates to that old adage and that is “shoot first then ask questions afterwards.”
So basically they had NO idea if Trump even did anything wrong but they had NO problem raiding his freakin HOUSE because Joe Biden is SO terrified Trump is going to roast his decrepit child molesting dirt bag freak in 2024
Easier would be to pass laws forbidding the FBI and DOJ from working for the benefit of one party over the other...
Liberals wanted to ‘defund’ the police because 11 unarmed black men were shot by police in a 12 year period of time.
That was nuts.
Refunding the FBI because their top people are in bed with decorates is also nutty. Just tell them they are NOT a ‘Lisa Page’ and they must not act like sluts for democrats.
In short, write them a ‘style book’ so both political parties are treated the same for the ‘same crimes’.
Easier would be to pass laws forbidding the FBI and DOJ from working for the benefit of one party over the other...
Liberals wanted to ‘defund’ the police because 11 unarmed black men were shot by police in a 12 year period of time.
That was nuts.
Defunding the FBI because their top people are in bed with decorates is also nutty. Just tell them they are NOT a ‘Lisa Page’ and they must not act like sluts for democrats.
In short, write them a ‘style book’ so both political parties are treated the same for the ‘same crimes’.
Not even Rod Serling could have dreamed up this nightmare.
Every American should be furious that a president was raided by the FBI based on this ridiculous affidavit.
Yeah, the Ship of State is a Ship of Fools riding along on the Black Pearl.
What’s to stop them from taking those new laws and that new “style book”, giving a wink and a nod and tossing them in the trash and just continuing with their Gestapo ways?
Absolutely nothing.
Destroy them, before they - literally - destroy us.
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