Tag Archives: FBI

Trump Returns To Claiming FBI “Planted Fake Evidence”

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: So now the FBI & Biden Department of ‘Justice’ leakers are going to spend Millions of Dollars, & vast amounts of Time & Energy, to appeal the Order on the ‘Raid of Mar-a-Lago Document Hoax,’ by a brilliant and courageous Judge whose words of wisdom rang true throughout our Nation, instead of …

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Top Secret Nuclear Docs Found In Mar-A-Lago Search

The Washington Post reports: A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property. Some of the seized documents …

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AP: Trump To Argue Presidents Are Above The Law

The Associated Press reports: A newly unsealed FBI document about the investigation at Mar-a-Lago not only offers new details about the probe but also reveals clues about the arguments former President Donald Trump’s legal team intends to make. A May 25 letter from one of his lawyers, attached as an exhibit to the search affidavit, advances a broad view of …

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Lawyer Claims He’ll Sue Feds Over “Tortured” Rioters

From the far-right site American Greatness: A lawyer for several of the January 6 political prisoners says his clients are being “tortured” by a system of “anarcho-tyranny” that considers them to be a “subhuman, sub-constitutional class of people.” In an interview this week, Joseph D. McBride said he is building a case to sue the federal government for millions of …

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Trump Calls On FBI Agents To Revolt Against Leadership

Mediaite reports: Though he was careful not to use the word, former President Donald Trump appeared to call for the rank and file of the FBI to revolt against its leadership over the search and seizure of classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago home and possible looming criminal indictment. Despite the facts of the case, in a TruthSocial post from Sunday …

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REPORT: Trump’s Legal Team Is “Comically Inept”

“Publicly, what they’re saying is this is rallying Republicans to Trump’s defense. This makes it more likely that he will run for president, more likely that he will win the Republican nomination. Campaigning against this political action by the FBI and the DOJ. “Privately, they are really concerned. And one of the big concerns here is that Trump has nobody …

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Trump Judge To Appoint Special Master In FBI Search

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Florida gave notice on Saturday of her “preliminary intent” to appoint an independent arbiter, known as a special master, to conduct a review of the highly sensitive documents that were seized by the F.B.I. this month during a search of Mar-a-Lago. In an unusual action that fell short of a formal …

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REPORT: Affidavit More Incriminating Than Expected

Slate reports: Even with about half of its 38 pages blacked out for security reasons, the Justice Department’s affidavit to get a warrant to search Donald Trump’s residency at Mal-a-Largo is more damning than many of the former president’s critics expected. The affidavit, written on Aug. 5 and released by a judge on Friday, reported that 15 boxes of documents, …

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Brothers Charged With Assaulting Cops In Capitol Riot

Chicago’s CBS affiliate reports: Two brothers from Illinois have been charged with joining the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of them accused of pushing a police officer, and the other accused of pinning down an officer with a metal barricade. Daniel Leyden, 55, of Chicago, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers with a …

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Docs Trump Took Were “Most Highly Classified Secrets”

Politico reports: The National Archives found more than 700 pages of classified material — including “special access program materials,” some of the most highly classified secrets in government — in 15 boxes recovered from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in January, according to correspondence between the National Archivist and his legal team. The May 10 letter — posted late Monday on …

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Trump Files Request For “Special Master” In FBI Search

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has asked a federal judge to appoint a “special master” to ensure the Justice Department returns any of his private documents seized during the search of Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago. Trump is asking for a special master — a third-party attorney — to oversee the review of evidence gathered from the beach …

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Judge Declares Facts In FBI Affidavit To Be “Reliable”

Politico reports: The federal magistrate judge who authorized the warrant to search Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate emphasized Monday that he “carefully reviewed” the FBI’s sworn evidence before signing off and considers the facts contained in an accompanying affidavit to be “reliable.” Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart offered his assessment in a 13-page order memorializing his decision to consider whether to unseal …

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Kushner Blames FBI Raid On Trump’s “Crazy Enemies”

The Insider reports: Jared Kushner spoke about the raid on Mar-a-Lago for the first time on Sunday, after widespread speculation that he could have been a mole to the FBI. Speaking to Mark Levin, Kushner painted the FBI’s actions as part of a longstanding playbook against former President Donald Trump by bungling “enemies,” arguing that this is happening because Trump …

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Trump To Seek “Special Master” To Review Evidence

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump is expected to seek the appointment of a special court official to determine whether materials that the FBI seized from his Florida resort can be used in a criminal investigation, according to his lead attorney Jim Trusty and two sources familiar with the matter. The motion would be the first formal legal action by the …

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Trump: I’ll Be Filing A “Major Motion” Over FBI Search

Posted last night to Truth Social: A major motion pertaining to the Fourth Amendment will soon be filed concerning the illegal Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, right before the ever important Mid-Term Elections. My rights, together with the rights of all Americans, have been violated at a level rarely seen before in our Country. Remember, they even spied on my …

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Texas “Private Plane” Capitol Rioter Pleads Guilty

NBC News reports: A woman who flew on a private plane to the nation’s capital ahead of the Jan. 6 riot pleaded guilty Thursday to engaging in disruptive or disorderly conduct in a restricted building. Katherine Schwab of Texas, who said she accepted an offer to fly on the personal aircraft of a Facebook friend, admitted writing in messages before …

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Mike Pence: “These Attacks On The FBI Must Stop”

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday criticized the members of his own party who have attacked the FBI in recent days over the search of former President Trump’s estate in Florida. “I also want to remind my fellow Republicans we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision that he made without attacking the rank …

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FBI Interviewed Trump’s Lawyers About Missing Docs

The New York Times reports: Pat A. Cipollone and Patrick F. Philbin, the White House counsel and his deputy under President Donald J. Trump, were interviewed by the F.B.I. in connection with boxes of sensitive documents that were stored at Mr. Trump’s residence in Florida after he left office, three people familiar with the matter said. Mr. Cipollone and Mr. …

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Gab User Charged With Threats To Murder FBI Agents

CNN reports: The Justice Department unsealed charges on Monday against a Pennsylvania man who allegedly threatened to kill FBI agents after investigators searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida. Investigators said that Adam Bies of Mercer, Pennsylvania, has been threatening federal agents on the social media site Gab for months. Agents weren’t alerted to Bies’ posts until after …

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Trump Claims The FBI “Stole My Three Passports”

The Independent reports: Former president Donald Trump accused the FBI of taking his three passports when it executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida last week. Mr Trump made the accusation on Truth Social, his networking platform, Monday afternoon. “Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three passports (one expired), …

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