Fox is furiously poisoning the well after the Mar-a-Lago search

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Fox is furiously poisoning the well against any potential consequences for their beloved president after the Mar-a-Lago search.

“Partisan witch hunt,” “dark day for our republic,” “preemptive coup,” “Third World bullshit,” “Gestapo,” “Stasi”

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Fox is furiously poisoning the well after the Mar-a-Lago search
6:38 PM · Aug 8, 2022

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-furiously-poisoning-well-after-mar-lago-search

Shortly before 7 p.m. ET on Monday night, former President Donald Trump issued a press release confirming that the FBI had conducted a “raid” of the Mar-a-Lago resort which serves as one of his residences.

Details are scarce. Trump had been enmeshed in a long list of criminal probes at the time of the search, but The New York Times and The Washington Post are both reporting that the search was related to the former president’s potentially illegal removal of classified documents from the White House at the conclusion of his term, with the Post’s source stating it was “court-ordered.” The FBI and Justice Department have declined comment, following their typical procedure for press requests confirming active federal investigations.

Trump is using that information vacuum to put his own spin on the events, describing himself in his release as the victim of “prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President.” And his loyal henchmen at Fox News quickly adopted his talking points, denouncing the judge-approved search in the most demagogic terms imaginable on their Monday night programs as they sought to poison the well against any potential consequences for their beloved president.

Fox was created to protect Republican presidents from accountability. The network’s propagandists successfully convinced its viewers not to care about a wide array of Trump depravities, including the conduct that resulted in his impeachments for corruptly pressuring a foreign government for political gain and for inciting the January 6 coup attempt.

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[Fullduplexxx]

1. lock him up

[JoeOtterbein]

2. The idiots just do not understand that *rump just might be....

...guilty as hell.

Which is funny as HELL!!! Hahahahah!!!!

[JoeOtterbein]

3. Hannity guest just said this will make *rump...

..."stronger". LOL!!!!

[RussBLib]

4. Could the FBI have a good reason?

I guess they trashed that thought quickly.

[Deuxcents]

5. IMO he IS guilty as hell

And it’s a long time coming to gather all this evidence on just this..he’s got other lawsuits n accusations that may be proved after these mounds of evidence is found No One Is Above The Law

[dchill]

7. Well, that's because you don't watch Fox!

[patricia92243]

6. Democratic Hoax - no, forgot that was Covid.

[dchill]

9. Hey! Don't get mixed up!

[EnergizedLib]

8. Not quite, Fox

That’s what America would be like under DeFascist.

[C_U_L8R]

10. Their tears and moans are delicious.

What unamerican assholes. They'll each get the punishment and jail time they deserve. In good time.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. I think an indictment comes very soon

That will change the narrative some.

[BigDemVoter]

12. LOL. . . Not much the Goebbels Department of Propaganda can say

otherwise!

[Talitha]

13. Oh ffs - - - fuck Fox and fuck Dump!!!!