Ex-FBI Director: Trump’s DOJ Lawsuit Is “Laughable”

“There is very, very little legal merit or chance that this will succeed. This is a political move, not really so much of a legal move. There’s many checks and balances built into our justice system, as you know.

“One of them is the government doesn’t ever take an action like this on their own. They go to court, and they prove to a judge that there’s probable cause to believe that there’s evidence in a particular location.

“That’s what happened here with Mar-A-Lago. A federal judge made that determination, and the FBI simply executed, conducted their authorized law enforcement activity pursuant to that warrant.

“It’s laughable. The language we’ve seen from the lawsuit so far is literally laughable. They say that there are some sort of duty or requirement on the FBI to conduct this sort of activity only with, under the consent of, or with the consent of the person being investigated.

“That’s actually not a thing. You’re not required to do that. They spent months — half a year, in fact — pursuing, trying to get those documents back with the participation and the consent of Mr. Trump and his representatives.

“Numerous lawyers they consulted with. And in fact, at one point, the Trump team looked at what they had and only gave some of it back, therefore making the decision to continue to retain the rest of it, which we now know had, you know, dozens and dozens of classified documents in it.

“So it’s ridiculous. It’s not going anywhere. And the claims in the suit themselves are absurd.” – Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on reports that Trump will sue the DOJ for $100 million over the “raid” at Mar-A-Lago.

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— Salon (@Salon) August 12, 2024