Multiple raids that were conducted in connection with the aftermath to the 2020 election resulted in more political weaponization by the FBI. As RedState reported, things started in Nevada, where the state’s GOP chairman had his phone seized over a so-called “fake electors” scheme.
However, this sensationalism serves to conceal the abuse. In 2016, Democrats pushed for the notion of voters voting against state results.
Of course, everything is always simpler when it’s not sensationalized. So what did this “fake electors” scheme entail? The scheme consisted of Republican electors promising to vote in Donald Trump’s favor. This was just a ceremonial move and did not have legal force, as the report points out. No one ever actually tried to pass off any alternate electors to change the outcome of the election, and in the end, Nevada’s electors went to Biden.
In other words: wrong-think is being investigated, and not criminality, to be used by vast federal bureaucracies as pretext to punish political enemies. The raid on Jeff Clark’s home, an ex-official of the DOJ under Trump, continued that theme. What was his grave crime? He was trying to investigate voter fraud and, for doing so, was drugged out of his house with no pants, in order to allow the FBI to once more show that it is a clown-show.
Clark made a statement on Thursday night while Tucker Carlson was present. The exchange was both insightful and frustrating.
TUCKER: Jeff Clark did not commit any crime.. What he did wrong was calling for an investigation into voter fraud.”@JeffClarkUS joined @TuckerCarlsonWe would like to talk about his home being raided yesterday without any legitimate reason by Biden Regime Armed Federal Agents. pic.twitter.com/1Mu80QC24h
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) June 24, 2022
As Carlson points out in his prologue, armed federal agents wearing body armor and carrying heavy weapons came to Clark’s house at dawn. They didn’t do so because he committed a violent crime or was trafficking human beings. In reality, he didn’t commit any crime. He was forced to leave his house, denied his ability to put on pants, and subjected to an inhumane search and seizure. “Soviet” is the description offered, and it’s an apt one. This isn’t about “protecting democracy.” It’s about criminalizing the opposition.
Clark described the scene even more, stating that 12 agents were present to seize electronic devices from an accused who was not being charged with a crime. They even brought an “electronic sniffing dog.”
And while Clark goes on to say he doesn’t blame the individual agents who swept his house, I’d like to object to that notion. Although I do blame both the FBI leadership and the DOJ, it is not the only one I feel responsible. AbsolutelyWe can blame each agent as well. The rank and file have become complicit in the whole thing. Members of the KGB didn’t get to claim they were just “doing their job,” and when you participate in these kinds of abuses of power, you are culpable. Whistleblower provisions exist and there are other options than just “following orders.”
Clark argues that this all was part of an elaborate coordinated plan. This raid took place one day after Clark was named as an election-stealing maniac by the January 6th Committee. Through the DOJ, the FBI is following the lead of a House partisan panel which has not provided any evidence that Clark (or anyone else), broke any laws. I’d say it’s unthinkable, but it’s absolutely thinkable in this environment, and that’s how Clark ends the interview, noting that we are “living in an era” he doesn’t recognize, comparing the FBI’s behavior to the Stasi.
It’s a frightening time, and Democrats may be facing an election disaster in November. However, they also have the ability to normalize federal government weaponization against political adversaries. In that scenario, it’s not the voters who will win out. It’s those with seemingly unlimited power, including the ability to destroy someone’s life based on mere supposition, that will ultimately come out victorious.
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