From Media Matters for America, dated August 9 -
Trump PAC attorney says FBI search is “Gestapo-style” oppression of political opponents
DANIEL BALDWIN (WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, OAN): Joining me now, Save America attorney Christina Bob Christina, you were at Mar-a-Lago Monday evening when the FBI rated President Trump's home residency in a state. Can you walk us through what happened from your perspective on ground zero?
CHRISTINA BOBB (ATTORNEY, SAVE AMERICA PAC): Yeah. I mean, this is absolutely a farce to pretend that this is somehow law and order or an attempt at criminal justice. It's absolutely ridiculous that the FBI even did this. President Trump himself, as well as his legal team, has been more than accommodating and allowed access to whatever they have wanted in the past.
It wasn't just her.
From BBC, written on 8/10/2022 -
Mar-a-Lago: Republican uproar over FBI raid on Trump home
House Republicans demand transparency into Trump search, double down on DOJ, FBI attacks
House Republicans demand transparency into Trump search, double down on DOJ, FBI attacks
The FBI and Department of Justice have yet to comment on the search, which Mr Trump disclosed on Monday evening.
It is reportedly linked to an investigation into his handling of classified and sensitive material.
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Republicans have depicted the investigation as politically motivated, with leading figures demanding a briefing from Attorney General Merrick Garland, head of the DoJ.
Mr Trump's former Vice-President, Mike Pence, who has subtly distanced himself amid speculation they may both launch 2024 White House runs, called on the attorney general to give "a full accounting" of why the search warrant was carried out.
"No former President of the United States has ever been subject to a raid of their personal residence in American history," he wrote on Twitter.
So Attorney General Merrick asked that the warrant be unsealed.
From Politico, dated 8/11/2022 -
Garland moves to unseal Trump warrant: I personally approved the search
The Justice Department moved on Thursday to unseal portions of the search warrant executed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this week, and the former president later said in a statement that he wouldn’t oppose the request.
“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” prosecutors revealed in a court filing connected to the search warrant.
Friday, the Republicans got what they wanted.
Also from Politico -
FBI search warrant shows Trump under investigation for potential obstruction of justice, Espionage Act violations
A search warrant newly unsealed on Friday reveals that the FBI is investigating Donald Trump for a potential violation of the Espionage Act and removed classified documents from the former president’s Florida estate earlier this week.
A receipt accompanying the search warrant, viewed by POLITICO in advance of its unsealing, shows that Trump possessed documents including a handwritten note; documents marked with “TS/SCI,” which indicates one of the highest levels of government classification; and another item labeled “Info re: President of France.”
Of course, what they want may end up hurting them.
From Business Insider, via Yahoo! -
Republicans may have shot themselves in the foot by hammering the DOJ to release the Mar-a-Lago search warrant
Many of Donald Trump's GOP allies have sought a public release of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
On Thursday, the DOJ moved to do just that, asking a court to unseal portions of the warrant.
Legal experts and observers say Trump's backers overplayed their hand and the DOJ called the bluff.
Former President Donald Trump's allies have spent this week clamoring for the Justice Department to release details from its search warrant for Mar-a-Lago and other supporting documentation.
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"Republican strategists have no clue how bad this is going to be yet," said Luis Alvarado, a longtime GOP consultant.
[snip]
Many of Trump's more hardline supporters — like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — threatened to investigate the Justice Department and issued calls to "defund" the FBI.
Other Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, have asked the Justice Department to publicly talk about its investigation into Trump.
Cruz issued a tweet demanding that the department "RELEASE THE WARRANT NOW."
[snip]
Shortly after the department's motion was filed Thursday, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the DOJ to confer with Trump's lawyers and let the court know by Friday afternoon whether Trump's team agreed with or objected to the government's request to unseal.
In other words, the department's motion will force Trump to put up or shut up.
"Brilliant move by Garland: make motion to unseal everything including material Trump has already (warrant and return); so now the ball is in his court to object or consent," Andrew Weissmann, a former FBI general counsel who later worked on the special counsel's Russia investigation, tweeted after Garland's news conference. "Called Trump's bluff."
I will use this opportunity to nominate someone to be the leader of the GOP's pro-Cheeto efforts -
Cheeto's former personal physician and current member of Congress, Ronny Jackson.
In fact, he's already campaigning for Cheeto's favor -
And he's even already demonstrated his primary qualification for the job -
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