Quite a few good pieces have been written about the FBI’s warrant-authorized raid and search of former President Trump’s home in Florida. Among them are this one by David French, this one by Andy McCarthy, this one by Noah Rothman in Commentary, and even a not entirely poisonous
So, the context is not probable cause or 'was it within the letter of the law', but the flagrant double standard with a certain former Secretary of State.
I wonder if calling the FBI's snatch and grab legal doesn't give it a veneer of legitimacy it doesn't deserve. I was a lawyer long-ago, though never a trial lawyer, but it seems to me a legal warrant has to be supported by a good faith affidavit. We haven't seen the supporting affidavit, but the FBI's record for veracity in the Trump years has not been good. Then there's the issue of whether the agents exceeded the bounds of the warrant. Again, recent record not good. And the search itself is not only unprecedented but highly questionable. No president, I'm sure, personally overseas what's boxed up for shipment home when he leaves office, and it appears that Trump's lawyers have worked and continue to work with the Archives to separate personal chaff from presidential papers wheat. It's possible that Trump legally declassified some classified papers in his possession, and neither the magistrate judge nor the document snatchers would know what they might be. Besides, as president Trump had access to the nation's deepest secrets, and it's hard to see what incentive he would have to misuse documents he didn't misuse in office. It appears that 15 boxes in Trump's possession have been tagged by the Archives and either shipped to the Archives or secured at Mara Largo, so that's a process that could be continued. As we used to say on the farm, the whole thing stinks to high heavens.
Plain and simple this is a bunch of fascist monkeys drunk with power throwing their lawfare shit at the wall of the Bad Orange Hitler to see what sticks. He’s the most deeply investigated man US history and so far, less than nothing. Seems that Trump is about the most innocent public figure in the history of this country. His “little lies” (mostly jokes or opinions all the “virtuous people - like David French” disagree with) notwithstanding. “Get Trump” is being taken to its Communist banana republic conclusion. Hope the Fascist Eugenicist Oligarchs eat you last…
So, the context is not probable cause or 'was it within the letter of the law', but the flagrant double standard with a certain former Secretary of State.
I wonder if calling the FBI's snatch and grab legal doesn't give it a veneer of legitimacy it doesn't deserve. I was a lawyer long-ago, though never a trial lawyer, but it seems to me a legal warrant has to be supported by a good faith affidavit. We haven't seen the supporting affidavit, but the FBI's record for veracity in the Trump years has not been good. Then there's the issue of whether the agents exceeded the bounds of the warrant. Again, recent record not good. And the search itself is not only unprecedented but highly questionable. No president, I'm sure, personally overseas what's boxed up for shipment home when he leaves office, and it appears that Trump's lawyers have worked and continue to work with the Archives to separate personal chaff from presidential papers wheat. It's possible that Trump legally declassified some classified papers in his possession, and neither the magistrate judge nor the document snatchers would know what they might be. Besides, as president Trump had access to the nation's deepest secrets, and it's hard to see what incentive he would have to misuse documents he didn't misuse in office. It appears that 15 boxes in Trump's possession have been tagged by the Archives and either shipped to the Archives or secured at Mara Largo, so that's a process that could be continued. As we used to say on the farm, the whole thing stinks to high heavens.
Jim Dueholm
Plain and simple this is a bunch of fascist monkeys drunk with power throwing their lawfare shit at the wall of the Bad Orange Hitler to see what sticks. He’s the most deeply investigated man US history and so far, less than nothing. Seems that Trump is about the most innocent public figure in the history of this country. His “little lies” (mostly jokes or opinions all the “virtuous people - like David French” disagree with) notwithstanding. “Get Trump” is being taken to its Communist banana republic conclusion. Hope the Fascist Eugenicist Oligarchs eat you last…