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Interesting point. Heeheehee...) (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2022 OP
I'm guessing it's 'yuuuuuge!' MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #1
Bigley even! Dustlawyer Aug 2022 #27
Would a phone call from a Florida governor convince a judge? Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #2
Also makes sense now that Biden did not replace Trump's hand-picked FBI Director. Midnight Writer Aug 2022 #3
+1 dalton99a Aug 2022 #5
Good point. BigmanPigman Aug 2022 #7
I think you might have something there... MontanaMama Aug 2022 #12
Absolutely Alice Kramden Aug 2022 #14
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #18
Great point. Sad he's got so many cult members who will believe nothing negative Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2022 #24
I love it when puzzle pieces fall into place. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #31
Putin puppets falling to pieces will be joyous too. czarjak Aug 2022 #38
+1 Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #39
Precisely. dalton99a Aug 2022 #4
Sounds like some birds are singing in Florida. multigraincracker Aug 2022 #6
It wasn't exactly no knock. The Secret Service at Mar-a-Lardo were notified beforehand. nt SunSeeker Aug 2022 #8
I cant say that Id want to barge up on the secret service unannounced quakerboy Aug 2022 #10
Far from no-knock. SergeStorms Aug 2022 #13
Maybe they texted them... LisaM Aug 2022 #16
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #19
I keep thinking he was perhaps caught on tape with a foreign country, offering the documents Bev54 Aug 2022 #9
You know something EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #11
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #20
True, but I could think of at least one other who should have Polybius Aug 2022 #22
Actually DENVERPOPS Aug 2022 #30
James Madison - but that was by the Brits so ... Marcuse Aug 2022 #28
ok, gonna saaayyyy...more'n enough to cook some fat? bringthePaine Aug 2022 #15
They may have informed the SS prior too but they NoMoreRepugs Aug 2022 #17
Can't imagine FBI not waiting until Trump wasn't at home Deminpenn Aug 2022 #26
I heard MSNBC Stephanie Rhule say that there were FBI plainclothes on site when the message went out flying_wahini Aug 2022 #21
FBI probably bought memberships at MaraLoco Captain Zero Aug 2022 #33
OMGOMGOMG ... It's finally happening! W@@T! Tommymac Aug 2022 #23
I Love It! Cha Aug 2022 #25
Yes indeed. Looks like some of his inner circle became flippers. ananda Aug 2022 #29
Yes it had to be something like that for the judge to sign the warrant. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #32
Maybe offered a document that's not in archives? Captain Zero Aug 2022 #34
Yes it could be something he refused to hand over. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #35
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Aug 2022 #36
I keep hearing the legal experts ... Novara Aug 2022 #37

Midnight Writer

(21,769 posts)
3. Also makes sense now that Biden did not replace Trump's hand-picked FBI Director.
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 09:18 PM
Aug 2022

Last edited Mon Aug 8, 2022, 10:57 PM - Edit history (1)

If he knew this day would come, the sight of Trump's man being in charge of the raid makes for good optics.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
24. Great point. Sad he's got so many cult members who will believe nothing negative
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:03 AM
Aug 2022

about TFG, regardless of who reveals it.

multigraincracker

(32,690 posts)
6. Sounds like some birds are singing in Florida.
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 09:32 PM
Aug 2022

Which one knows what and where to get a judge to sign off on this one?

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
10. I cant say that Id want to barge up on the secret service unannounced
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 09:59 PM
Aug 2022

Even the ones corrupted by being around trump.

That said.. I will get excited when i see anyone "important" going to prison. And not before.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
13. Far from no-knock.
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 11:17 PM
Aug 2022

But we'll give the staffer style points anyway.

I just hope this amounts to something. We don't want to give "the mouth that roared" more ammunition to screech at his flying monkeys.

Bev54

(10,053 posts)
9. I keep thinking he was perhaps caught on tape with a foreign country, offering the documents
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 09:51 PM
Aug 2022

for sale and so they had to move to stop it.

EnergizedLib

(1,897 posts)
11. You know something
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 10:06 PM
Aug 2022

I can’t think of any of the previous 43 men who ever had their houses raided by the fed, regardless of party, ideology, what they did in office, etc.

DENVERPOPS

(8,835 posts)
30. Actually
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:36 PM
Aug 2022

does anyone remember the giant paper shredding TRUCK being backed up to the front door of V.P. Cheney's residence just before he moved out????????

NoMoreRepugs

(9,435 posts)
17. They may have informed the SS prior too but they
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 11:44 PM
Aug 2022

certainly had eyes on the property to see if there was a rush of activity I would think.

Deminpenn

(15,286 posts)
26. Can't imagine FBI not waiting until Trump wasn't at home
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 06:03 AM
Aug 2022

to execute the search warrant. Trump was in NYC with his lawyers prepping for his deposition to NY AG James' investigation.

Ironically, the search took place on the exact same day Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.

flying_wahini

(6,608 posts)
21. I heard MSNBC Stephanie Rhule say that there were FBI plainclothes on site when the message went out
Mon Aug 8, 2022, 11:54 PM
Aug 2022

I guess they wanted to see who notified who?

Captain Zero

(6,811 posts)
33. FBI probably bought memberships at MaraLoco
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:39 PM
Aug 2022

I've often wondered why they didn't do that. Great investigative technique for use on an incompetent narcissist.

Captain Zero

(6,811 posts)
34. Maybe offered a document that's not in archives?
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:45 PM
Aug 2022

Maybe he offered to sell a document that was not among the ones he turned back to the national archives? Maybe it's Page four of a five page document. And pages 1,2,3,5 DID come back to the archives?

I can see a judge saying sure go in and look for page 4.

Irish_Dem

(47,133 posts)
35. Yes it could be something he refused to hand over.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:51 PM
Aug 2022

Something known to be missing.

And he was caught on wire tap trying to sell it.


Novara

(5,844 posts)
37. I keep hearing the legal experts ...
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:30 PM
Aug 2022

... being interviewed saying that it is based on fresh evidence of an ongoing crime. These are people who work/have worked in the federal justice system and know how hard it is to get this kind of search warrant, how unprecedented, how much evidence is needed to support it, and how important it must be in order to have all these people in the top echelon sign off and authorize this.

I don't want to lose sight of how rare this is. In fact, it's never happened in our history.

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