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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:23 PM Aug 2022

FBI and Justice Department 'abused' their power in search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Rudy Giuliani says

Rudy Giuliani is slamming the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago as a “fascist police state” tactic.

The former New York City mayor, who has been under federal investigation for myriad potential misdeeds, accused the FBI and Department of Justice leadership of abusing their “awesome power” to target his ex-boss.

“The FBI and DOJ leadership has abused the awesome power of law enforcement as if the U.S. has no constitution and is a fascist police state,” Giuliani tweeted late Monday.

Giuliani also accused the officials of a “cover-up” of supposed crimes linked to President Joe Biden, without elaborating.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-and-justice-department-abused-their-power-in-search-of-trump-s-mar-a-lago-rudy-giuliani-says/ar-AA10tTyQ

Go home Giuliani. You're drunk again.

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Ocelot II

(115,744 posts)
5. He didn't think oppressive law enforcement was a problem
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:27 PM
Aug 2022

when he was a US Attorney; he rather enjoyed it. And wasn’t he among all the folks who wanted to lock up Hillary for unspecified reasons?

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
6. Unless he's in possession of the warrant, which is unlikely
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:31 PM
Aug 2022

as his ability to practice law has been suspended, how would he know?

Same for nearly everyone else.

The folks who put together the search warrant, their superiors, the judge and Trump's lawyers are the only ones who know.

All we know is they had to put together a meticulous application to get the warrant.

I do not think it is unreasonable to speculate that they probably have a rock solid case and this search warrant is just the icing on that cake. Because without a really solid case, they wouldn't get the warrant against a former President. For example, the judge would be exposed to impeachment.

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