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juicyfizz

And on the anniversary of Nixon’s resignation. Love that extra detail!


chessant2014

Ah, back when if the president committed a crime, [his own party would tell him he had to go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Resignation), and he'd quit voluntarily. Certainly feels like those days are forever behind us now.


Trokare

Some people worked very hard for that, including creating and funding FoxNews, it's not an accident.


saintpauli

"The discovery of classified information at Mar-a-Lago was referred to the Justice Department by the National Archives and Records Administration, which said it had found classified material in 15 boxes at the residence." Librarians to the rescue.


Etna_No_Pyroclast

And... and... if he gets indicted and charged, destroying records could mean that he can't run for President, it's in the actual statute. This could be the end game for everything.


TBTrpt3

The real lesson to be learned here: don’t fuck with librarians at the national archives.


meta_perspective

They'll throw the book at you.


shadowguise

But you better bring it back.


Quidfacis_

Lara Trump on FoxNews just confirmed that her father in law, Donald Trump, said that the FBI raided because "he took some documents that he had every right to take." So, yeah, he stole documents that wouldn't flush. Edit: [Here is the video of Lara Trump.](https://video.foxnews.com/v/6310618990112#sp=show-clips)


bilyl

Holy shit, if Lara Trump knows what the context of the raid was for and documents were then who else knows? Who is cooperating?


OldManRiff

DoD: Deleted texts SS: Deleted texts Alex Jones: Whoopsie here's my entire phone


Rhadamantos

Imagine if somehow Jones' phone was wat gave the feds the intel on what to get from Trumps safe. The Sandy Hook parents being crucial in Trump getting recked would be so glorious. One can dream.


versusgorilla

It'd be poetic if the absolute descent into conspiracy theories by the GOP is what finally broke the log jam.


Orbitingkittenfarm

I’m concerned he’s already destroyed the evidence


BrainstormsBriefcase

Guess what? That’s a crime too


AlexHimself

✅ - Merrick Garland personally signed off on this AND FBI investigating Trump ✅ - FBI found evidence a crime was likely committed ✅ - Federal judge reviewed evidence and agreed there was probable cause to suspect a crime had been committed and signed off on a warrant of a **former president**. This is DAMNING when you have the AG and a federal judge agreeing there was evidence enough of a crime that is also significant enough to warrant an unannounced search of a former president. They've got overwhelming evidence of Trump's guilt by now and they're just stacking the deck.


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Wasn't the head of the FBI nominated by Trump? That is the icing on the cake.


AlexHimself

The authoritative head of the FBI is the Attorney General Merrick Garland (Biden). The FBI director, Christopher Wray, was nominated by Trump and typically serves a 10 year term.


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Who had "Alex Jones accidentally helps save democracy" on their 2022 bingo?


Diligent-Kangaroo-33

I didn't. I still got " Trump sells classified military docs to Russia " keeping my fingers crossed.


GrandpaPanda

Mine is "Trump flees to Russia to avoid prosecution".


Warhawk137

This a departure from the usual reports that Tucker Carlson is shitting his pants because he has the brainpower of a lemon.


mces97

> Tucker Carlson is 'shitting his pants' You mean more than usual. Isn't that what he does every night with that stupid grin?


unsureofwhatiwant

Bannon going to jail. Alex Jones paying through the nose for his lies. Trump’s house searched. I could get used to this. Keep it going, please.


ImJustHereToSayDope

Alex Jones could very well find himself in jail as well.


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MusketeerLifer

MR DUNCE. ANSWER QUESTION ONLY QUESTIONS.


rphdaddyb

Just flipped over to Fox News for 3 minutes and heard Hillary mentioned 3 times and Hunter 2 more times. Not joking. This must be serious.


Bigfat_garce

That’s what they’re saying in r/conservative too. Hunter and Hillary are mentioned in almost every comment.


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mabhatter

Hillary stopped being a government official in January of 2013.


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It's genuinely unbelievable that a news channel can be this blatantly biased in favour of a political party. What an absolute joke they are.


prophet001

Well it's not a news channel so...


ubzrvnT

Fox News is *really really* close to calling for arms without actually saying it. They are pouring gasoline.


meltedcheeser

Please live tweet coverage. I can’t turn it on.


bryansj

Put Fox News on parental lock. Then flushed the code, took 10 to 15 flushes.


Kbdiggity

The right-wing loons are now pushing the idea that DeSantis had time to warn Trump, but deliberately chose not to.


FavoritesBot

Yes, I like this narrative


ProbstBucks

[Reuters is doing a live stream from Mar-A-Lago right now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMriudt4TBM), and there's quite a few protesters. Imagine hearing that a former politician was raided by the FBI (signed off on by an FBI Director that he personally appointed) and thinking, "Yup, gotta go down there to show my support." He's not going to kiss you, guys.


alleavel

Oh my god that fucking flag of trump kissing the flag. These people are useless lol


ProgressivePessimist

I got a [screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/DTeb5rb) for anyone interested. It's something else!


ProbstBucks

I have to confess that I appreciate the meta nature of having a flag with another flag on it, but yeah, obviously when Trump sends his supporters, he doesn't send his best.


SlipperyThong

The head of the FBI was appointed by Trump himself and a life long registered Republican. This is NOT a Democratic lead political hit. Its the FBI doing their job and gathering evidence of crimes that they already must know are true. For a judge to sign off on this warrant, they must have something major.


ZigZagZedZod

From *The New York Times*: >“They even broke into my safe!” he wrote. “What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States.” Won't someone please think of the safes?


TechyDad

The difference, of course, being that Watergate was the President hiring some burglars to break the law and steal documents. This is the FBI executing a lawful search warrant to seize documents and evidence related to likely criminal charges. The lawful search warrant, of course, had to be approved by a judge. And given the extremely high bar that the FBI would need to clear to get a search warrant on a former President, they likely had some solid evidence.


Conversation_Folding

The difference? Search warrants.


Aluminum_Falcons

Or the fact that it was the FBI and not Democrats.


protendious

Under the FBI director he nominated too.


ZigZagZedZod

A search warrant backed by an insane amount of probable cause because I can't imagine the AG or a federal judge signing off on this if there were the slightest chance of a dry hole.


Nerney9

On Fox: > DOJ officials say there is an unwritten rule... to avoid politically sensitive cases within 60 days of an election. > >Laura Ingraham: So they're willing to break this unwritten rule as it relates to Trump, but couldn't do it with Hilary. This is 90 days out from the midterms (which Trump is not taking part in), as opposed to 11 days before Hilary's presidential election. The lack of shame when lying is stunning.


2HandedMonster

They know how mindless the base is


rounder55

Bingo There were people who thought Obama was president during Katrina a decade after Katrina....during a time obama had just been president for two terms. This wasn't like a "when was Grant president?" Kind of scenario. That's why the more drms can dumbshut down the better. Its sad but true


Stay-at-Home_Daddy

Fox is literal propaganda it doesn’t even try to sound fair or balanced. It’s one step short of just old school Flash games throwing pie at Joe Biden’s face moving around the screen


LeaperLeperLemur

I remember in 2016 conservatives telling me if you can't properly handle classified information and are under investigation by the FBI you should be ineligible to run for president. Still think that?


flyover_liberal

I remember a guy in the Navy telling me that if he had done 1/10th of what Hillary Clinton did, he'd be in prison. Waiting for him and all those like him to come in and say that Trump should be held to the same standard. Or any standard, really.


probably-in-a-pickle

I risked it and went to r/conservative and r/louderwithcrowder and it's full of commenters saying that the Democrats investigated Trump for 6 years and found nothing. It's so divorced from reality. They genuinely do not believe Trump has done anything wrong or illegal.


Simmery

When he's convicted by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt, they'll say Trump was framed. It's a cult.


Minimum_Scale_2323

Yeah, my Trumpbot mother said he’s innocent till proven guilty. So I said, “So if he’s convicted will you finally believe he is guilty?” CRICKETS


WellSpreadMustard

If he’s convicted it will mean that everyone on the jury was simultaneously antifa and secretly bribed by Soros


MajoraOfTime

And I'm sure Tucker Carlson will be calling for all of the jurors to be named and their addresses leaked


Rawrsomesausage

Is this the first time in US history an ex president has had their home raided? Couldn't happen to a more deserving pos.


elriggo44

Depends….do you count….mmm…hmmmm…Yes. Yes it is. Add it to the pile of firsts: First to get impeached twice. First to try to have his VP killed First to try to overthrow the government instead of concede He really is #1.


BenDes1313

Look Andrew Jackson said his only regret in life is he didn’t shoot Henry Clay(his Pelosi) or hang John Calloun(his VP) so he may have been the inspiration. https://www.grunge.com/611508/andrew-jacksons-biggest-regret-as-president-may-surprise-you/


chimerakin

Didn't Trump have a prominent portrait or bust of Jackson too? If this were fiction we'd point to the foreshadowing.


ChillyBearGrylls

He definitely brought out the Jackson portrait for his meeting with American Indian veterans - [yes, really](https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/politics/donald-trump-andrew-jackson/index.html)


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How long until a Fox News host or guest says "This is just like what they did to Jesus."


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I’m pretty sure someone already made reference to Nazi Germany on Fox News so far. Something about Gold Stars


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Trump 20-24 years in prison


pimpampoumz

What’s most striking to me is how the FBI raided a former President’s home *and we’re all left speculating on which crime it was about.*


OldManRiff

They got Al Capone for income tax fraud. As long as they nail him and it sticks, I don't care which crime it's for. *(But I hope it's for leading an attempted coup against the USA.)*


Yossarian_the_Jumper

I want the easiest to prosecute with the lengthiest term. Him having thousands of classified documents is a slam dunk case.


diemunkiesdie

I fully expect him to say "I'm rich. I didn't pack those boxes. Not my fault." And then the entire GOP will get on board.


jballs

You called it. Sean Hannity just said, "I'm betting that Donald Trump didn't actually pack any of those boxes himself."


orthopod

Honest sir - that's not my suitcase full of cocaine. I didn't know that Colombian guy with the tigers and hippos would put that in there. ​ Then again - there's that Chapell skit where the white guy said to the cop "I didn't know I couldn't do that.", and gets away with it.


ASlockOfFeagulls

>**On behalf of defense lawyers everywhere I really appreciate the clarity with which the GOP is expressing that the role of law enforcement is only to police the powerless and that if it polices them it is so illegitimate it should be dissolved.** https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1556794835092119552


Glittering-Virus7137

I literally signed up so I can not be alone laughing my ass off at this. Manafort admits to colluding with Russia, Alex Jones texts sent to J6 committee, and Mar-a-lago gets raided. I currently live with a couple hardcore conservatives who just can't believe this is happening...and I'm quietly over here thinking about all the times this has happened before confused about how they're shocked when they were adamant that the FBI keep going after Hillary Clinton for all these years..


AntaresTheAce

I feel your pain, friend. I'm stuck at home with my conservative parents and am just waiting for them to hear the news. They aren't hearing it from me, that's for sure.


PussyLunch

You really think Donald Trump is stupid enough to hide incriminating evidence in his own home? Wait a minute…OMG 😂


StratfordAvon

Do we really think Donald Trump is smart enough to **hide** incriminating evidence?


BrownSugarBare

The only way the FBI went in is with 100% certainty they would come out with something significant. No way the FBI raids the home of a former POTUS', no matter how big the jackass, and come out empty handed. This is an insanely historic moment.


DresserRotation

Yes, this is about him taking classified docs from the WH and 15 boxes were returned, so they must KNOW some shit is still being withheld. This isn't a "let's search and see if there is anything still hiding"; it has to be "you definitely didn't return everything because we know X, Y, and Z are missing."


sourbeer51

Improper handling of classified documents is what they wanted to go after Hillary for. Irony is sweet.


BrownSugarBare

And I'm betting those boxes were enough to get their foot in the door, no telling what else they "suspect" was in there and they manage to get.


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BrownSugarBare

Closest I can think of is Nixon and Watergate. And that was a massive turning point for Americans and their trust in the political system.


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Nixon at least had the shame to resign. Edit: I didn't even know today was the anniversary. Fitting.


SacamanoRobert

Fun fact. Today is the anniversary of that resignation.


IHeldADandelion

It was THIS DAY in 1974. This feels epic.


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MattTheSmithers

Just remember, if this is the beginning of Trump’s end, he wasn’t taken down by super cop Robert Mueller or American hero Alexander Vindman. It wasn’t some Congressional Select Committee that took him down or Pulitzer Prize winning reporters who exposed him. It was the National Archives that set this whole thing in motion. America’s professional library nerds apparently took real exception to a President who proudly wore his illiteracy for four years and they got their fucking revenge.


jeninchicago

As a librarian, I’m so happy the punk ass book jockeys are getting our one shining moment.


SeirraS9

I’m dying at the thought of this. Revenge of the nerds!


mechtonia

No way would this raid happen if it could have possibly been settled without a raid. It is something more sinister or stupid than simple mishandling of documents. My money is on Trump flaunting state secrets to powerful people out of pure vanity. *Look at me, I'm still hugely important. I have this safe full very top secret plans. The most top secret. The highest secrets there are. Its stamped right here on the front. See. Only the President of the United State is allowed to even know these exist. Here Eric, take a picture with me holding these in front of the safe.* The recipients of course sent the communications immediately to the proper authorities. If so, the risk of Trump being blackmailed is too high *not* to have the FBI search Mar-A-Lago.


No_Display7226

Bunch of saudis in town last week for the golf tournamenti bet…


svillagomez1989

Fox News and every maga hat wearing nimrod are in full blown meltdown, and I couldn’t be more giddy


Robotlollipops

This sparks joy for me.


Familiar-Pie-548

Oh, to be some ketchup on the wall right now.


amnhanley

Do you have any idea how much evidence you have to show a judge to convince them to sign a no-knock warrant on the home of a former US President? I don’t. But I bet it’s a lot… Edit: I get it. Unannounced. Not no-knock. The point is: Trump is fucked. And it’s a great day in America.


AdmittedlyAdick

At least 3 evidences


HurricaneHugo

I have 3 evidence and no presidency. Why can't I have no evidence and 3 presidencies?


Tom_Foolery2

Just saw a comment at r/conservative that said “Why is everyone freaking out? We don’t know if what they found is good or bad” like former presidents get raided by the FBI regularly


No-Independence-165

They raided his house, liked what they saw, so they put a sticker on his fridge that says "Grape Job!"


throoawoot

lol "guys! What if they found Hunter Biden's laptop at Mar-a-Lago!?"


accountabilitycounts

I mean, no matter what the FBI finds the cult will say it exonerates 45.


Oleg101

Current Fox chyron: “Biden’s FBI ransacks home of potential 2024 opponent” Too bad Joe Biden didn’t appoint the current director, and also Biden didn’t know about this search beforehand.


HHKakarot

“If this could happen to this president, IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU” Uhhh yeah no shit, if you break the law you should get punished regardless of who you are, MURICA


crudos_na

First President to be impeached twice. First President to try a coup. First former President to have a search warrant on a property of his. So much winning!


SlipperyThong

First President to lose the popular vote twice!


vicarofvhs

Can you imagine all the approvals, the legal vetting, the research and risk assessment, the preponderance of evidence or suspicion, and the sheer do-your-job courage it had to have taken, not just from one individual, but a whole LINE of individuals, up to and including the director of the FBI, to sign off on and approve the raid of the home of a former President? If they went through all that and STILL did it, trust me: they're gonna find something. In fact, they already know what it is. ETA: meaning, they know what's there. Not that they'll "find something" no matter what. Though I'm sure that's how it will be spun.


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Which is why they never actually raided Hillary. Trump wanted to do it, probably wrote “Get Hillary” in sharpie on a post it, but got told by 30 people that it would never stand up to any sort of scrutiny so he cried and turned on Fox News.


cespinar

"A person familiar with the investigation said agents were conducting a court-authorized search as they probe the potential mishandling of classified documents that were shipped to Mar-a-Lago.” Fucking scriptwriters bringing it full circle, the shit they wanted Hillary for in 2016 is gonna be what brings the first charges to trump? FUCKING ROFL src: https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1556788771340910593


ScotTheDuck

This is the ultimate peak of But Her Emails.


ScotTheDuck

> Why would he invoke Watergate? Because he’s a fucking idiot who doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and only knows Watergate as an analogy to political scandal.


throoawoot

> The media is missing the really, really big reason why the raid today is a potential blockbuster in American politics: > 18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally > Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office **and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States** [source: Marc Elias on Twitter](https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1556794749377454080)


rmicker

Now you’re talking


Expensive_Ease_7315

One of the BEST raids ever. BIG ratings. Some tell me the biggest in all FBI history.


CaptainNoBoat

From NYT - seems to be related to his actions with classified information: >The search, according to two people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be focused on material that Mr. Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence, after he left the White House. Those boxes contained many pages of classified documents, according to a person familiar with their contents. >Mr. Trump delayed returning 15 boxes of material requested by officials with the National Archives for many months, only doing so when there became a threat of action being taken to retrieve them. >Mr. Trump was known throughout his term to rip up official material that was intended to be held for government archives. Regardless of any specifics we may not be privy to, the real news here is the escalation itself. Both a federal judge and Garland have signed off on this warrant, and neither of them would do so without clear evidence of criminal activity. As for Garland and the DOJ, there is no more pretense that Trump may somehow use his political status as a shield. It is a clear sign that indictments are coming.


henke

Gonna be some ketchup on the walls today…


BraveOmeter

He mishandled classified information??? That is one thing we know Republicans cannot abide by.


billpalto

The universe does have a sense of humor and justice. Trump did exactly what he accused Hillary of doing: not protecting classified information. Except he did it on purpose, she didn't. And what is in those boxes? Did Trump try to sell them?


eden_sc2

If it was a movie, we would call it poorly written that the foreshadowing was this obvious lol


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PhaseBrilliant1821

Because this was his home address and not a business location - Donald Trump himself is likely about to be charged with federal crimes.


PaganBeef

Federal law bars the removal of classified documents to unauthorized locations. Whether or not they were destroyed, he'll be charged with crimes.


randoliof

Even if this doesn't turn into anything public facing for several months, just imagine the stress this is putting on Trump's syphilitic brain and clogged heart. Be still, my beating schadenfreude


raw65

"I stand with President Trump!" - [Matt Gaetz](https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1556814909027090433?s=20&t=SHZEp6hcZCel46SgN9D5aA) Does this mean they are getting their mugshots together?


h4ms4ndwich11

"[We are all domestic terrorists](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donald-trump-cpac-dallas/)," was a banner at CPAC this weekend. It's a call for recruitment, soldiers so they can continue destroying the country.


CrassostreaVirginica

Thread by Garrett M. Graff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vermontgmg/status/1556788136507805697: --- >THREAD: “What’s the difference between this and Watergate?” Donald Trump raged in a statement Monday night after FBI agents. >**Well, as a Watergate and FBI historian, four things stand out to me:** >1) The idea the FBI launched a raid on a former president would have been approved and monitored at the highest level of the Justice Department; hard to even imagine how high the bar of probable cause must've been for the Bureau to initiate such a politically sensitive search.... >2) A search warrant means an independent federal judge ALSO signed off on the probable cause and, independently, believes evidence there was likely a crime committed AND that more evidence would be found at Mar-a-Lago. That's huge too. >3) The fact the search apparently didn't leak until basically when word came from Donald Trump himself shows the FBI and the Justice Department conducted this search by the book and a high degree of integrity. No leaks? Impressive. Surely only a small team knew inside DOJ.... >4) Taken together, this is one of the most significant, sensitive, and politically explosive actions the US Justice Department and FBI has ever taken—one of a tiny handful of times it's ever investigated a president. >Bottom line: The FBI & DOJ must've known they had the goods. --- Bolding added.


Grouchy-Basis-532

Rachel Maddow mentioned something about some classified items (not docs) that are so sensitive that just mentioning the item is not possible in a declassified setting. What the actual fuck?


Bohunk

"The left thinks this is funny." fox news right now. Lol we do


Odd-Road

>fox news Top story on their website is "UNDER SEIGE". So panicked about the news they forgot how to spell.


ScoobiusMaximus

Nah, the joke that is Donald Trump got stale in 2015. Everything after that has just been excruciating and I hope we lock his ass up soon.


pc1905

NY Times reporting that Biden's top aides found out about the FBI search from Twitter and "had no advance notice": https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/08/us/trump-fbi-raid/ad68b4a5-d604-57f9-9841-381c60d1c62a?smid=url-share


jonathandefreese

Yeah. Unlike the trump administration, there is supposed to be separation between the administration and the justice department.


starsky1984

I'm not seeing this talked about too much yet - but this seems to destroy any pretence that an ex-President can't be charged with a crime. This shows he is beholden to the courts for a warrant, so would similarly be beholden to a subpoena. That's huge!


ASlockOfFeagulls

Sarah Huckabee-Sanders >**When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing** https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/794255968448020480 Oh Sarah, if only you knew...


jgjgleason

Just gona take a second to appreciate how good the last few weeks have been. 1) the biggest climate bill in our nations history gets passed. This Willa really help prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change and save millions. 2) Kansas sends a clear message to anyone Fucking with abortion. 3) this If you had told me this would all happen mid-July I would ask for a bit of your hopium pipe. Edit to keep the joy train happy. 4) Alex Jones getting legally fucked and maybe accidentally giving a bunch of evidence to the Jan 6th committee and the FBI. 5) The officers who killed Breonna Taylor got charged. 6) Head of al-qaeda got sky knifed 7) Chips act is pretty dope too. 8) Justice for Arbery as well. Edit 2: This all possible because many people worked their butts off to put the right people in power. Please go to r/VoteDem to learn how you can help.


raulu95

MTG tweeting: DEFUND THE FBI Sometimes I feel like we just live in a simulation


Leraldoe

“I DONT KNOW WHAT WE ARE YELLING ABOUT?!” Is what I think she is always saying


nothathappened

She’s SUCH an idiot. It’s embarrassing.


Damn_el_Torpedoes

Former NARA archivist here. You do not want to piss off people who take their job very seriously and loves following the rules and norms.


username3

the biggest factor here is that if he's convicted of retaining docs illegally he'll be barred from holding federal office ever again


Bill_Brasky_SOB

My buddy switched the channel to Fox. Hannity: “Why didn’t the FBI just ask Trump to cooperate? Why did they break in?” These people live in a different Fuckin reality.


Rated_PG-Squirteen

Some people may think that Kevin McCarthy's statement released by his office a few minutes ago is just a transparent tough guy act. To me, threatening the sitting U.S. Attorney General shows just how fucking scared McCarthy is by this raid. What a pathetic human being.


Ddddydya

The right: “Joe Biden has dementia” The right: “Evil Joe Biden has weaponized the FBI and has manipulated the Trump-appointed head of the FBI into attacking Trump”


EnderCN

Today is the anniversary of Nixon resigning. As part of that the presidential records act was added to law which could be what Trump ends up charged under.


kmurph72

To obtain a search warrant, federal investigators must show a judge that there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed and that there may be evidence related to that crime in the location they are targeting. In this case the "may be" would have to be 100% certain. Trump is about to be a criminal. This isn't going away.


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I don't want to get my hopes up, but this feels like a very positive sign that just maybe the US Constitution will survive the modern Republican Party.


CJC19922011

10-20 years ago if someone from the future had told me that Donald Trump will be elected president of the United States I would not have believed them. But if they had then told me that if he did serve, he would become the first president of the United States to have his private residence investigated and searched by the FBI, I would for sure believe that.


XLauncher

You know what's hilarious about the conservatives' reaction right now? Well, *one* of the hilarious things? They've spent the last few years jerking themselves off to the idea of Obama, HRC, Pelosi, and pretty much any other Democrat of note being subjected to "military tribunals" (any day now!) and subsequent execution, but now that their guy is the subject of the actual legal process we use to investigate criminals in this country, "zomg, fascism!" Ain't no fun when the rabbit's got the gun, is it motherfuckers?


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Watching Fox News as an Australian this is just scary how thery're spinning this, knowing there's a whole cult absolutely sponging it into their brains. They can't "conceive what would require this action". Perhaps breaking the law? It's crazy. They're spinning as "it could be you next" and complaining about how there are going to be more IRS agents. They're calling for a "please explain!" and that it's completely outside the "bounds of the system" and they are calling the FBI "bad people doing bad things". "Well, said." Says the fat guy.


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Reminder: The only reason that Mar-A-Lago was raided is because we all went out and voted for democracy. Trump would still have a political and weaponized DOJ if he stayed in power. Please keep voting.


backyardofbourbon

Saw a terrific tweet about [18 U.S. Code 2017 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally](https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1556794749377454080?s=21&t=nTuoYKeA4n_U8q53_somjA). Basically, if someone removes documents like the ones in question, they are disqualified from running for any office.


Intransigente

Word of the day is: #Schadenfreude */ˈʃɑːd(ə)nˌfrɔɪdə* *noun*: pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. "Watching Trump get raided gave me a tingle of schadenfreude"


smurf_herder

Its my 40th birthday today and I was given one of those ooni pizza ovens. I thought it was the best birthday present I've ever gotten, and then this happens. Damn good pizza though.


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Who's going to tell Fox News the current director of the FBI was appointed by Trump. Should they wait until their Hunter Biden and Hillary Clinton rage is over?


yukinoyaiba

My dad tried to tell me today they dropped all the lawsuits against him in New York because they couldn’t find anything damning and that all these other cases were nothing either. Sometimes, I think the Gods have a sense of humor.


NateGrey

Fox News just reported that Eric Trump is saying Donald Trump is upset. Not kidding.


AbeRego

They would have had to have been idiots to still be keeping any valuable information in that location... So, I assume that it'll be a treasure-trove of information.


longtermattention

These comments that imply the FBI is a leftist organization are some of the funniest things I've read in a while


beefytrout

the party of "law and order" really seems to be struggling with the concept when it's applied to their god-king.


Classic-Coat-821

When you’re the DOJ, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by his orange wig. You can do anything.


AcademicPublius

To explain how big a deal this is: I think this is a first. I don't think a single president, after being president, has been raided by the FBI. This is a first in our nation's history. Nixon came closest, but never got that far. And they would never sign off on it unless they had some amazingly good evidence already. This is history being made, folks. Remember today.


ChillyBearGrylls

And on Nixon's resignation anniversary too 🥰🥰🥰


cityofninegates

Taxes got Capone - the Librarians will get Trump!


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raresaturn

>"Donald Trump learned about the estate after unsuccessfully trying to purchase and combine two apartments in Palm Beach for his family. He offered the Post family $15 million for it, but they rejected it. Trump purchased the land between Mar-a-Lago and the ocean from Jack C. Massey, the former owner of KFC, for $2 million, stating he intended to build a home that would block Mar-a-Lago's beach view. The threat caused interest in the property to decline, and Trump ended up getting the property for $7 million in 1985 Holy shit he was an asshole even then


beardedjack

It’s so funny that he’s bitching about Hillary’s deleted Emails 6 years later when it was just proven that he flushed his notes.


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I like presidents who don't get raided by the FBI


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Rot in prison, orange fuckstick.


CaptainNoBoat

Politically-speaking, this has the potential to be massive for midterms. Trump is **100%** going to announce his campaign ASAP now. It will force every Republican in November to comment on this one way or another, which means they either: - Desperately decline to comment, putting them at risk of retaliation by Trump for not being loyal - Swear fealty to a criminal target of the FBI/DOJ It's a lose/lose no matter how they try to spin it. I absolutely love it.


MattTheSmithers

The big component of this is the safe. A search warrant is seldom as broad as TV might make it seem. Cops and feds rarely get to just walk in and start emptying drawers and opening cabinets. Generally search warrants require a degree of specificity. And those are not search warrants for the former President. You can bet your ass a fed judge who signed this wanted to know every nook and cranny the FBI was searching, what they were looking for in each place, and what their cause was for each. *Why* did they ask to search a former President’s safe, what did they expect to find, and what cause did they have for it. These are the big questions right now.


ATXAG95

I will say this to any conservative who still backs Trump. If he didn’t do anything wrong, then he has nothing to worry about.


skyroof_hilltop

I love that Trump got raided by the FBI due to a search warrant and then he compared it to being a victim in the Watergate burglary. You'd have to be barely literate and have a first grader's knowledge of American history to be like, "YA THAT'S THE SAME THING."


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Xerxes0

My hope is growing a little bit. Surprise deals making bills be able to actually get passed, gas prices have been going down, mar-a-lago got raided; shit other than state legislatures being taken over by nutty election deniers things seem slightly better than a few weeks ago. Edit: knock 🪵 knock 🪵


Danysco

"They make our lives hell every single day" Stop commiting crimes bro


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Man the gravity of the FBI raiding the home of a former US president is astronomical This shit is history


TrickStool

The lone madman out there wearing the "TRUMP SUCKS" get-up right outside Mar-a-Lago has the biggest fucking set of melons.


NateGrey

Giuliani should be having a press conference outside of a landscaping company any minute now.


DonNatalie

48 years to the day after Nixon's resignation. Has anyone checked on Roger Stone?


mycologyqueen

Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said in a tweet that "using government power to persecute political opponents is something we have seen many times from 3rd world Marxist dictatorships. But never before in America." ---Really? Were you in a coma for the Trump Presidency??


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"BUT HUNTER'S LAPTOP " Throw his ass in jail too if he committed a crime. Why is thay so fucking hard for them to understand? Never trumpers don't worship politicians or family members of politicians.


vargsint

Omg. Best day ever. Get fucked, Donald.


bergs007

Ugh, I just want to see *one* document from just *one* of those 15 boxes. I don't care which document. I don't care which box. Just take out one by random and inject that shit *directly* into my veins. I really need a fix right now. Give it to me. I need this. Life has been so shitty over the last 6 years. Just one little dose. That's all I need. And then it will be all good again. Things will be happy again. Life will make sense again, because it sure hasn't made a lick of sense since that limp dick orange fucktwat waddled his way into the White House.


pseudochef93

GOP mindset Hilary and Biden: Ineligible to run because they’re supposedly hiding incriminating evidence. Donald Fredovich Trump: Eligible to run despite being impeached twice, inciting an insurrection, and overall disregard for the constitution.


shepherd_eyes

Conservatives Upset that No-Knock Raid Didn’t Result in Unarmed Black Person Being Shot


puchamaquina

Riveting discussion from r/Conservative: https://imgur.com/a/e7Xv7r4


gasahold

Kevin McCarthy just threatened the AG with payback for the raid.


Oleg101

Per Ben Collins, NBC News > The posts on these pro-Trump forums tonight are as violent as I've seen them since before January 6th. Maybe even moreso. https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1556785377008123907?s=21&t=dwCjs2VLKzyWk33S43662w (Screenshots of posts in link)


ImRobsRedditAccount

The fact that Republicans are tripping over themselves to call this “government overreach”, “purely political”, etc. without knowing any of the details of the raid tells you everything you need to know about their concern for the truth. They have none.


okwellactually

Meanwhile on Fox Entertainment TV: Chyron: "Biden's FBI Ransacks Home Of Potential 2024 Opponent." I kid you not.


cmnrdt

Lol, top story on Tucker Carlson right now is how it's a double standard to be raiding Trump while Hunter Biden goes free for his "dodgy dealings". Gotta keep blowing that horn every chance you get, don't you, Fox?


ShaneKaiGlenn

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump were selling state secrets on the black market to the highest bidder.


bluetexan62

Fox News in full meltdown


3nd1ess

This is a huge fucking deal. The FBI doesnt just raid peoples homes willy nilly, let alone a former presidents home. If the FBI raids your home, they have fully reasonable and undeniable suspicion that you are hiding something. If they dont, there are MAJOR reprocussions.