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kpete

(71,997 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:19 AM Aug 2022

Nat'l Review: 'Raid': It's about the Capitol Riot, Not the Mishandling of Classified Information

Andrew McCarthy: “There’s a game prosecutors play. Let’s say I suspect X committed an armed robbery, but I know X is dealing drugs. So, I write a search-warrant application laying out my overwhelming probable cause that X has been selling small amounts of cocaine from his apartment. I don’t say a word in the warrant about the robbery, but I don’t have to. If the court grants me the warrant for the comparatively minor crime of cocaine distribution, the agents are then authorized to search the whole apartment.”

“If they find robbery tools, a mask, and a gun, the law allows them to seize those items. As long as agents are conducting a legitimate search, they are authorized to seize any obviously incriminating evidence they come across. Even though the warrant was ostensibly about drug offenses, the prosecutors can use the evidence seized to charge robbery.”

“I believe that principle is key to understanding the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday. The ostensible justification for the search of Trump’s compound is his potentially unlawful retention of government records and mishandling of classified information. The real reason is the Capitol riot.”

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/08/the-fbis-mar-a-lago-raid-its-about-the-capitol-riot-not-the-mishandling-of-classified-information/amp/
https://politicalwire.com/2022/08/09/the-fbi-raid-wasnt-just-about-classified-documents/

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Nat'l Review: 'Raid': It's about the Capitol Riot, Not the Mishandling of Classified Information (Original Post) kpete Aug 2022 OP
I thought they were after the crab dip underpants Aug 2022 #1
Ew. Would they trust Trump kitchens to use fresh seafood? More likely Trump gets the day old stuff. TheBlackAdder Aug 2022 #5
This makes total sense. OLDMDDEM Aug 2022 #2
THREE MAGIC WORDS: "Biden Justice Department" usonian Aug 2022 #3
From a conservative news source. TheBlackAdder Aug 2022 #6
Yeah, a guy who said Obama rigged the 2016 election for Hillary is a GREAT source for DU nt AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2022 #10
I don't know. If it were you and I they would tear up the entire house, Solomon Aug 2022 #4
😝 underpants Aug 2022 #7
I'm sure anything that would incriminate him has been destroyed. louis-t Aug 2022 #8
Yeah....I kinda had that thought Nevilledog Aug 2022 #9
When I first read the bit about "the safe" Cracklin Charlie Aug 2022 #11
I have thought that all along. triron Aug 2022 #12
It's probably about both, and even more MissMillie Aug 2022 #13
Knr triron Aug 2022 #14
Kick again triron Aug 2022 #15

underpants

(182,830 posts)
1. I thought they were after the crab dip
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:21 AM
Aug 2022


Trump will never trust the bottles of ketchup. Hell have to buy all new ones.

Solomon

(12,311 posts)
4. I don't know. If it were you and I they would tear up the entire house,
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:27 AM
Aug 2022

but with this privileged asshole I can see them carefully circumscribing the search to stay within bounds of the warrant. This is in fact what is worrying me about the whole thing. If its about classified documents and they find them, then it might be a nothing to see here let's move on thing and we will be hearing about yet another "hoax" when it comes to Trump.

I'm still wait and see about this whole thing.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
8. I'm sure anything that would incriminate him has been destroyed.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:33 AM
Aug 2022

A guy who flushes daily briefings down the toilet doesn't keep records that could send him to prison.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
11. When I first read the bit about "the safe"
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:42 AM
Aug 2022

My mind flashed on Alex Jones phone.

Not that the two were related, necessarily; but, more about the impact the contents of the safe might provide.

MissMillie

(38,562 posts)
13. It's probably about both, and even more
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 11:42 AM
Aug 2022

TFG committed so many crimes I don't think even HE can keep them all in order.

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