Republicans promise to exact vengeance on the FBI if they retake Congress in November for its ‘rogue conduct’ after raiding Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Monday night.
The former president’s Florida house was allegedly searched as part of an inquiry into whether he took secret information with him when he departed the White House.
Kevin McCarthy promised retaliation on the DOJ for the raid.
McCarthy told Merrick Garland to ‘preserve your paperwork and clear your schedule’
He wrote, “Enough!”
The DOJ’s weaponized politics is disgusting.
When Republicans retake the House, we’ll undertake swift scrutiny of this agency and follow the facts. Keep your paperwork and clear your schedule, AG Garland.
Trump’s actions after the 2020 election, when he sought to invalidate Joe Biden’s win, are under examination by legislators on Capitol Hill.
Eric Trump stated he was the one who told his father about the search and that officials discovered ‘nothing in the safe’
‘I received the call this morning, phoned my father, and was involved all day,’ he told Fox News anchor Sean Hannity. Welcome to 2020s politics!
30 FBI officers — really more than that — descended on Mar-a-Lago without warning, went past the gates, and ransacked an office, a closet, and a safe. It was empty. Please.
He blamed President Joe Biden’s White House.
This isn’t from the Palm Beach FBI office. Who made this? This originated at Washington, D.C.’s White House. Eric Trump: They want to target Biden’s biggest danger.
Biden’s White House was clueless. New York Times: White House officials learned about it on Twitter.
Donald Trump Jr. criticised the Biden administration and DOJ for dividing the nation.
Biden’s crazy DOJ’s blatant targeting of political rivals is tearing the nation apart. This happens in third-world banana republics!
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis compared Biden’s government to a dictatorship and America to a banana republic.
‘The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents,’ DeSantis stated. Now the regime has 87k more IRS officers to use against opponents? “Banana Republic”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene labelled the raid ‘rogue communist activity, NOT the U.S.!’
She tweeted, “FBI storming Trump’s Maralago mansion!” This is communist renegade conduct, NOT U.S.! Civil wars cause these problems. Stop political persecution!
Trump didn’t explain what the FBI was searching for, but he claimed they broke into his safe.
Former president: “They broke into my safe.”
The probe focuses on documents Trump transported to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, the NYT said.
The 15 boxes contain classified information, which is illegal.
It took hours on Monday. The agents ‘just gone,’ a Florida reporter tweeted at 6:36 p.m. 6:52 p.m.: Trump announces the raid.
‘These are sad times for our nation as my house, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is under siege by FBI investigators. Trump made the astonishing claim in a statement posted Monday night.
This surprise raid on my residence was neither necessary or acceptable after engaging with government officials.
GOP leaders tweeted about the raid.
After today’s Mar-a-Lago raid, what do you suppose the left will do with 87,000 more IRS agents?
Lauren Boebert said the DOJ’must be responsible.’
Biden’s FBI recently raided the home of the probable Republican presidential candidate in 2024…on top of all the other false Trump investigations. Stop using government agencies to hide your failing objectives.
The GOP must examine the FBI’s politically-motivated raid on Mar-a-Lago and the government’s bogus prosecution of President Trump. It’s urgent. She said, “We’re becoming a banana republic at unprecedented speed.”
Trump-backed author Nick Smith called the raid a constitutional assault.
Rep. Andy Biggs: ‘Congress must examine the sustainability of federal law enforcement organisations that misuse their powers for political ends.’ Rogue FBI and DOJ employees are breaching their oath of service by not enforcing the law.
Kimberly Guilfoyle tweeted: ‘The FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago continues the left’s unconstitutional assault of Trump. The failing Biden Regime will do everything to distract Americans from how their policies are DESTROYING our country.
Trump termed the raid prosecutorial malpractice, the weaponization of the justice system, and an assault by radical left Democrats who don’t want him to run for president in 2024 and would do whatever to block Republicans and conservatives in the midterm elections.
The Justice Department wouldn’t say if Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered the search, but it’s doubtful a raid on a former president would happen without his agreement.
The raid was court-authorized, and US Secret Service personnel at Mar-a-Lago participated, NBC News said. Agents didn’t investigate or search.
The FBI didn’t have to break in or tear down any doors.
The raid was connected to a DoJ probe into sensitive materials transported to Mar-a-Lago.
National Archives and Records Administration urged DoJ in February to investigate if Obama broke the law. Classified material is governed by numerous laws, including one that makes it a felony to remove and store documents in an unauthorised place.
Mid-January, National Archives employees collected 15 cartons of White House records from Mar-a-Lago.
Trump had to return ‘beautiful letters’ from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a handwritten note from former President Obama.
Trump is also participating in the Justice Department’s investigation into plans to overthrow the 2020 election and the January 6th rebellion.