Trump cultists

“They can raid the house of a former president. For those of you who don’t get it, this is a colossal step. Something they can never come back from. Like Caesar crossing the Rubicon. “It’s not an exaggeration to say this could be the week that the American republic died. This is Trump derangement syndrome gone wild with Stalin-esque tactics …

“What do you think the next thing that happens here is, do you think that they would try and indict the former president in the hopes of convicting him and having him in jail at the time of the next election to prevent him from running? “Because a conviction by the way, constitutionally, would not prevent him from running for …

The Daily Beast reports: Just hours after a list began circulating among right-wing media of FBI agents who signed off on the search warrant for Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, a former Trump aide tried to sic MAGA fans on the family members of the purported agents. Garrett Ziegler, who recently went on a sexist tear against former White House colleagues, …

The Denver Post reports: Garfield County Sheriff’s deputies decided to let neighbors of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert settle a dispute between themselves and the congresswoman’s husband after he reportedly threatened them and destroyed their mailbox. But 911 calls from the incident, obtained by The Denver Post, show just how upset and nervous the neighbors were over their run-in with Boebert’s …

Where do you think this leak came from  – this anonymous source– sources close to the DOJ? Where do you think it came from? That it might have some nuclear component to it. This is really, really scary. “They were looking for nuclear documents and other items. By the way, if they find them, it would be my belief that …

Axios reports: The armed man who attempted to break into the FBI building in Cincinnati has been identified as Ricky Shiffer, the Ohio Department of Safety said Friday. Shiffer, who was shot and killed after a standoff with police, was allegedly at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Associated Press reports. He was not charged with any …

The Washington Post reports: Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari and his staff have refused to release certain documents and tried to block interviews, effectively delaying the probe. Some Republican senators have also raised stiff resistance to the wider investigation into Cuffari — which is being overseen by a panel of federal watchdogs from the Council of the Inspectors General on …

“You have the media and you have the FBI monitoring social media for threats, looking at online message boards. “That is the equivalent of monitoring every sporting event for heckling, you know? If you want to find that threat or opinion or anything, you can find it. “I bet I could find a death threat against [Fox host] Dana Perino. …

The New York Times reports: Investigators are looking into whether the man who tried to breach the F.B.I.’s field office in Cincinnati on Thursday had ties to extremist groups, including one that participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter. The suspect, identified by the officials as Ricky Shiffer, …

Media Matters has the transcript: HAROLD FORD, JR. (CO-HOST): I hope that all the facts come out and if the president remains innocent, because he’s innocent now, and he’s proven innocent, I’ll be the first to say on this show that a lot of what you’re saying is probably right. JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): Well, he’s assumed — FORD: But Jesse, …

The Washington Post reports: A Virginia police officer who prosecutors say lied about his actions before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, including his military service and his marriage, was sentenced Thursday to 87 months in prison. Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker were members of the police department in the small western Virginia town of Rocky Mount …

“The director of the FBI had strong words Wednesday for supporters of former President Donald Trump, who have been using ‘violent rhetoric’ in the wake of his agency’s search for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. “He says that threats against federal agents and the Justice Department are deplorable and dangerous. “How many of those threats are planted by the FBI themselves? We …

The Jewish Insider reports: In late July, Masters earned a nod of approval from Andrew Torba, the chief executive of Gab, a far-right Twitter alternative that is widely viewed as a hotbed of white nationalist sentiment. While Masters rejected the endorsement a few days later and insisted he had “never heard of” Torba, the incendiary social media entrepreneur has since …

“The FBI is blatantly targeting our fellow Americans for their political beliefs. The bureau’s reputation has been shattered. “My faith in an organization — I’ll be honest, I had two family members. They were a deity in my family because they worked for this organization. I revered this organization for decades of my life. “If you listen to my radio …

“So this librarian gets the Feds involved and they’re working with Trump all year to get boxes back to the Archives. Trump’s cooperating. They even visited Mar-a-Lago. He poked his head in and said hi to the Feds. “The Feds said, ‘Lock it up and keep it secure.’ Next thing you know, 30 guys with guns show up, show Trump’s …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Monday’s FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s home and office at Mar-a-Lago has gone chiefly without comment by Utah’s members of Congress. However, two of Trump’s most ardent supporters, Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart, have sharply criticized the move. Lee’s criticism is curious because, as of Tuesday afternoon, his official social media …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt accused the FBI of planting incriminating evidence in former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, a stunning allegation that has been made repeatedly on Fox News in the last several days. Earhart floated the theory during a Wednesday interview with Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) about the FBI search for the classified documents Trump …

The Detroit News reports: The vote-counting machines are supposed to be kept under strict chain-of-custody and security protocols. But DePerno’s own court filings and media appearances tie him to tabulators that Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office says were taken from rural areas of Michigan and transported to Oakland County for “testing.” “Then, we got access to a tabulator, and we …

The Associated Press reports: Republican Kim Crockett — who has called the 2020 election “rigged” and campaigned on rolling back changes that have made it easier to vote — has advanced to the November election against Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat seeking his third term. Crockett has also called the 2020 election a “train wreck” and accused state …

The Washington Post reports: Lawmakers throughout the party continued to cast the search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, without evidence, as the act of a tyrannical regime, using terms such as “dictatorship” and “banana republic.” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the federal government has gone the way of “the Gestapo.” “This should scare …