Good day all. Since the glorious return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, a number of things have been happening. There has been a house cleaning of the DoJ and FBI, (Still ongoing), and more information on just how corrupt things became under Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray.
I’ve written about the Lawfare conducted on President Trump and any Americans who supported him. Arguably the most egregious assault on the constitutional rights of President Trump was the panty raid by the FBI on Mar-a-lago. Much has been discussed about this raid as information was released. At the time it occurred, A large number of Trump supporters heard about it and decided to head to Mar-a-lago to protect President Trump.
By the time people started arriving, the FBI had finished trying on Melania’s clothes and left. It was also learned that President Trump and his family weren’t on site, which may have been a good thing. Apparently, the Secret Service detail was not told about the raid and the FBI agents had been ordered not to wear identifying clothes such as FBI raid jackets.
At the time, a number of people were wondering about the reasons and probable cause for the search warrants. The whole thing seemed to be questionable. As time and information came out, the probable cause became even more questionable. Now a a report has come out showing that the FBI had no probable cause for the raid but were ordered to carry it out anyway. Here are the details from Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch announced today, April 1st), that it has obtained 207 pages of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records that reveal the FBI’s concerns about the legal basis for the raid of then-former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. The records expose deep concerns within the FBI itself, including explicit objections from field agents who warned the U.S. Department of Justice that the unprecedented August 8, 2022, raid on Trump’s home lacked probable cause.
Apparently, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request for an investigation codenamed Plasmic Echo. This investigation was launched following a referral from the National Archives and Records Administration. For those who may not recall, the chief/head archivist, no fan of President Trump, accused him of holding on to records that she wanted in the archives.
As I recall, the records in question were never in President Trump’s custody after he left the White House. They were in a government facility after being dumped there by the Biden Maladministration. I don’t believe anyone actually told the Trump team about those documents until after the raid.
The records include a July 13, 2022, email between FBI field agents explicitly stating they did not believe probable cause existed to search Mar-a-Lago and urging the Justice Department to cooperate with Trump’s attorney instead of insisting on a raid:
WFO [Washington Field Office] has made numerous suggestions to DOJ [Justice Department] over the course of this investigation that the most expedient way to ensure recovery of all classified documents would be to go through Mr. Corcoran [then-Trump’s attorney Evan Corcoran]. DOJ has persistently disagreed. * New NARA Referral for all PRA vs. classified. If NARA pursued “presidential records” which are likely to still be located at Mar a Lago, they could recover any additional records which may, upon review, identify additional classified material. WFO has been rebuffed in this request by DOJ.
WFO does not believe (and has articulated to DOJ CES [Counterintelligence and Export Control Section]), that we have established probable cause for the search warrant at Mar a Lago. DOJ has opined that they do, requesting a wide scope including residence, office, storage space.
Basically, some of the agents wanted to just ask President Trump and work with him to make sure there were no questionable records. In other words, these were actual professional agents who had questions on the process and wanted to act like adults. They also didn’t see actual justification for a search warrant. The problem was the Garland DoJ.
A separate internal communication reinforces that agents rejected the legal basis and scope:
DOJ has inquired as to an Ops [operations] Plan for a SW of MAL. WFO relayed that we are not in agreement for PC [probable cause] on the SW [search warrant]. WFO has an Ops Plan in place that will/can be quickly updated between FBI/MM [Miami] and FBI/WF, however, [Redacted] does not believe we have PC for the 45 [Trump] Office or the bedroom due to recency and issues of boxes versus classified information. Therefore, as we are in disagreement on the SW and its scope, we are not yet finalizing a SW as we are missing relevant logistics and details.
When you have actual FBI agents saying that they don’t see the probable cause, (Basically the reason to ask for a warrant), then you probably should listen. However, this was never about recovering classified documentation. It was all about Getting Trump! (And if they could have killed him, so much the better)
A May 10, 2022, FBI email shows direct coordination with the Biden White House Counsel’s Office and identifies a Trump aide as a target: “Coordination with DOJ and WH Counsel are in work to start the process to confirm and interview current administration employee Walt Nauta (former WH Valet).”
And that is the “Smoking gun” that the White House was pushing this raid. Even with this, the field agents were pushing back, talking about how bad this would look. The Garland DoJ didn’t care how it looked.
An August 4, 2022, FBI email documents Justice Department officials dismissing optics:
Because the search warrant operational plan has contact with FPOTUS’s [Trump’s] attorney as the first step, I’d respectfully request that the contact be handled by FBI, not by DOJ. As the ASAC [assistant special agent in charge] who will be responsible for the execution of the warrant, this first contact will set the tone for the day. The FBI intends for the execution of the warrant to be handled in a professional, low key manner, and to be mindful of the optics of the search. Safety of the search team is always of a concern during any such operation. Since we heard Mr. Toscas say yesterday in the call that “he frankly doesn’t give a damn about the optics” and Mr. Bratt already has built an antagonistic relationship with FPOTUS’s attorney [redacted] I think it is fair to say that the DOJ contact with Mr. Corcoran just prior to the execution of the warrant will not go well.
I have a vague memory that there was no contact and that the raid was a surprise. I also have a recollection that one of President Trump’s attorneys was on site and told not to come on the grounds and wasn’t allowed to actually review the warrant. Considering what happened during the search, you can see why they wanted no witnesses to their rampage through Melania Trump’s underwear drawer.
“These documents show the FBI knew there was no probable cause, yet Biden’s Justice Department pushed forward with an abusive raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This is a historic abuse of power that demands full accountability. Judicial Watch will continue pursuing additional disclosures to uncover the full truth behind one of the most controversial federal investigations in American history.”
It looks like that Judicial Watch won’t be alone in this investigation. I know that Kash Patel has found truckloads of documents that Wray, Comey and Garland tried to hide and has handed them to the oversight committees. It also looks like that potential criminal investigations might be starting up.
I’ve read that a number of people “In the know” are saying that they are working on all this. They aren’t rushing things for a number of reasons, one of which is not jump the gun the way Garland and his cronies in the DoJ did. They also want any cases they bring to be so solid that there won’t be any way for the target to wiggle out of it. Finally, they are still finding documents that the Garland DoJ have hidden.
The Biden Maladministration is going down in history as the most corrupt and incompetent administration in American history. We know that Dementia Joe Biden was basically just a president in name only and mentally incompetent. People want perp walks. I want perp walks, but I also want trials and convictions of these people with long prison terms. If I have to, I will wait, for now.
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