Trump Accused of Lying Over FBI-Seized Passports, Then He Dropped the Receipts – Opinion

RedState reports that Donald Trump claimed the FBI took his passports in the raid on his Florida home. According to the former president, three passports were taken during the search, which apparently went far beyond just recovering supposedly classified documents that threatened “national security.”

The claim by Trump was immediately criticized by the press, who quickly joined the fray and called him a fraud. Norah O’Donnell of CBS News claimed via a source that the FBI was “not in possession of former President Trump’s passports.”

When I saw that report from O’Donnell, I put out my own post questioning the phrasing. “Not in possession of” is very specific wording that could have simply meant the FBI had passed them on to another agency. Why not just say “we didn’t take the passports” if they didn’t take the passports?

Well, as it turns out, Trump’s team was ready and waiting with the receipts that showed the press narrative was a falsehood.

Incredibly (or perhaps not so), instead of admitting their mistake, members of the press rushed out to somehow make the revelation about…Trump’s supposed dishonesty.

This is it. The FBI did indeed seize Trump’s passports, which seems incredibly improper given what was legally allowed to be taken by the warrant. A passport is not something you just accidentally grab, thinking it’s a presidential record. It’s the kind of thing that an agent purposely took and knew exactly what they were taking. The problem is, Trump misunderstood the expiration date of one passport. It’s absurd.

Here’s the story of how big is the FBI Passports taken It was not that Trump shared the email. It is not that Trump shared an email that ended up embarrassing the bureau’s leadership, who were apparently content to keep lying about the matter via leaks until the former president exposed them. Now, the mainstream media wants to pretend like the seizure was just an honest mistake that shouldn’t be held against the FBI. Yeah, that’s not how any of this works.

The press and the DOJ working together to push a false narrative isn’t surprising, but that doesn’t make it any less improper and corrupt. There need to be answers provided for how the FBI ended up with Trump’s passports when they obviously weren’t part of what was sought and allowed to be taken in the warrant. O’Donnell and the rest of the press who ran with that lie that the FBI didn’t have the passports also need to answer for why they swallowed a statement from the DOJ without even bothering to get any corroborating details.

With every passing day, the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago looks worse and worse. This regime is proud to operate like a banana republic. There is no limit to the dishonesty displayed by those who are always trying to take advantage of the orange man.

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