The reaction to the FBI raid — reportedly with a large group of agents — on Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago is setting off a firestorm of reactions.
Dan Bongino blasted it as some “third world bulls**t.” He also said it was a “clarion call” for everyone to get off their seats and vote the Democrats out. Dana Loesch believed it was the Democrats trying to settle “political scores.” Lara and Eric Trump ripped the action and provided more information about what had happened in the raid, including that the FBI didn’t find anything in a safe in the home when they cracked it open.
According to reports, this raid could be related to classified documents they believe should belong with the National Archives. But if that’s the case, it’s an insane overreaction rather than just pursuing the documents in a normal manner. According to the family, they were cooperating with National Archives in reviewing any documents. It would be crazy to just send agents in and grab the documents, or even break into the safe at the house. This sounds like an expedition. It is possible to use that excuse to attempt to locate other items.
Constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz is calling it “misconduct.” According to him, in an appearance on Newsmax, such a raid should be the method of last resort, unless they can’t get the documents through subpoenas or any other lawful methods.
“The raid is supposed to be a last resort,” he said. “But this administration has used the weaponization of the justice system against its political enemies. It has arrested people, denied them bail, put them in handcuffs – used all kinds of techniques that are not usually applied to American citizens. It is my hope that this raid will have a justification. If it doesn’t have the justification, the materials seized in it will be suppressed.”
“This is improper, and this is misconduct,” Dershowitz said if they didn’t have any more justification. “We have to find out what the facts are. But we have to make sure the shoe fits on the other foot – that we want to make sure what is being one here is something that Democrats would not oppose if it were being done to Democratic operatives, as well.”
Fox News’ Dershowitz brought up another aspect of the raid. Dershowitz stated that the government had to provide reasonable evidence that such information was destroyed. Er also stated that the raiders opened the safe improperly, something which was wrong.
Alan Dershowitz discusses the legality and ethics of the #Trump #MarALagoRaid pic.twitter.com/a86YuI1qRd
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Dershowitz said that, in his opinion, they had “violated the rules of the Justice Department, they’d gone after a former president and a future candidate, and they darn well better have smoking gun proof, which I don’t see happening.”
“Clearly there’s been a double standard,” Dershowitz declared. “You don’t get a warrant unless a subpoena wouldn’t suffice.”
This has been a wild night, but the Biden Justice Department may have just stepped over the line and into a legal hornet’s nest with this action against Trump.
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