Welp, now it’s getting It is really interesting, America. “It,” of course, being the FBI raid on Donald and Melania Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago. A number of sources reported that the ex-president sent a private note to Attorney General Merrick Galrland Thursday prior to an afternoon Justice Department news conference. Take a bite of popcorn, the contents of this message are now known.
A person who was close to Trump reached out at an official from the Justice Department in order to send a message about Garland shortly before the conference. According to The New York Times’ report, Trump intended to send this message to Garland:
It’s a blaze in the country. How do I lower the heat?
Let the speculation start, which I am happy to do.
Aside from the stunned look on my face when I first read the message, I said to myself, “You gotta be kidding me.” No way does this fit Trump’s persona, particularly when The Donald does battle with the legions who despise him. After I read the message, I thought, “If it is true, why would he do that?” To Merrick GarlandWho is it, among all people? Did it constitute a valid question?
Was Trump truly concerned with the country being “on fire” — a fire with the left he stoked throughout his presidency and in the aftermath of the 2020 election — and was he truly wondering what he could do to “reduce the heat”?
Trump tried to pull off a scheme by making it look like he was trying to get attention AffordableGarland in an effort to make amends. I don’t know — and neither do any of us — so I will not speculate.
Don’t misunderstand; I’m not suggesting any of the above would have been wrong on Trump’s part, but questions remain — the reason being, it simply doesn’t add up; it is the antithesis of the Donald Trump some have come to know and love over the last seven years.
As we reported Thursday, key question remains:
Two months ago, Trump received secretly a grand jury subpoena from the FBI for classified documents. He then agreed to cooperate by turning over the requested documents. According to several people, Trump cooperated with federal agents searching his locker. extensively.
How has the situation changed in two months?
The DOJ could have requested additional information if Trump had willingly provided it. Although these questions are legitimate, they’re also a bit rhetorical considering the history of unacceptable tactics used by former FBI director James Comey against Trump.
The decision by Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice to conduct a raid on Mar-a-Lago appears neither justified, based on what we know, nor does it track with the DOJ’s past non-decisionsIn certain situations Donald Trump is not involved. If Garland’s “final okay,” which he made clear he alone gave during his Thursday news conference, was based on Trump’s alleged removal of classified material from the White House, that would appear to be a blatant double standard of justice.
Where was the raid on Hillary Clinton‘s home, after a software manufacturer bragged that his product — Bleachbit — was used to delete more than 33,000 emails from a private email server Hillary used for official State Department business, in clear violation of government policy? Incredibly, Hillary later claimed the deleted emails contained only personal, non-work-related subjects like yoga sessions and the planning of her daughter Chelsea’s wedding.
Yet Donald Trump’s private residence is raided, just two months after he voluntarily cooperated with a secret subpoena. Moreover, previous violations of the Presidential Records Act have generally been punished by administrative fines; certainly not by raids on former presidents’ homes and/or criminal prosecution.
Maybe there are legitimate reasons for the clear double standard in Trump’s case that have not yet been revealed. Then again “maybe” the raid on Mar-a-Lago was just the next episode of the TDS-riddled Democrat Party’s never-ending witch hunt against Trump.
Before Donald Trump was even elected, there had been a witch hunt.