Why Moronic FBI Overreach with Raid on Trump Home and Melania's Wardrobe?
The Federalist reports: (in part)
Headline: "4 Possible Reasons the FBI Raided A former President"
Deep-State Cocoon Didn't Anticipate the Average American's Reaction
No matter the underlying purpose of the raid, one must wonder why none of the higher-ups in the FBI or the Department of Justice put the brakes on a search of the home of a former president of the United States - an event universally described as a modern crossing of the Rubicon.
How could the DOJ and FBI not anticipate the visceral reaction a broad swath of America would have to the Biden administration's DOJ initiating a raid against a former commander-in-chief and the Democrat's main political opponent? And how could government agents think securing a warrant would provide them cover?
(Crazy Reason 1)
Simply put, FBI headquarters couldn't anticipate any shock or horror over the search because none of the many FBI agents who were willing to speak up had any qualms about the move. Rather, with FBI headquarters systemically politicized, the decision-makers likely heard no dissenting opinions, and the echo of their own leftist right-think rendered them oblivious to how middle America would react to a search of the residence of the former president.
..........................To the extent the DOJ and FBI believed obtaining a search warrant from a federal judge would assuage the public's concerns and assure them of the righteousness of the search, they miscalculated there too..................
Spur
Protests
to
Paint
Trump
Supporters
as
Violent
Extremists
While
the
FBI
likely
did
not
anticipate
outrage
over
the
Mar-a-Lago
raid
emanating
from
the
center
and
even
the
left,
the
bureau
surely
foresaw
the
move
angering
Trump
supporters.
..............
Keep
Trump
from
Office
Another
reason
floated
to
explain
why
the
FBI
took
the
extreme
step
of
searching
Mar-a-Lago
finds
its
origins
in
a
theory
Democrat
lawyer
Marc
Elias
pushed
soon
after
news
of
the
raid
broke,
namely
that
under
Section
2071
of
the
federal
code,
Trump
could
not
run
for
office
again
if
he
had
unlawfully
concealed
records
he
had
retained
after
leaving
office.
...................
Go
Fishing
The
final
explanation
for
the
FBI's
thought
process
requires
a
tad
of
legal
backdrop
to
follow.
In
order
to
search
a
home,
absent
limited
exceptions,
the
government
must
obtain
a
search
warrant
based
on
a
sworn
application
that
establishes
probable
cause
that
the
place
to
be
searched
contains
contraband
or
evidence
of
a
crime.
...................
In this case, it appears the FBI's basis for searching Trump's home rested on his supposed retention of classified documents. But if in searching for those documents, the FBI came across other documents it believes incriminate Trump in another supposed crime, the documents could be seized too. In other words, the FBI launched a fishing expedition at Trump's Florida home................
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