Donald Trump, US President #47, US President #45, convicted felon, twice impeached, four times indicted, liable of rape, convicted for financial fraud, guilty of hiding hush money payments to porn actress in attempt to influence 2016 elections

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#2953784 12-Aug-2022 11:06

SJB:
Trumpites don't concern themselves with evidence to support any claims they make. They take their cue from their beloved leader.

There was a great comment on this in the documentary "The Brainwashing of my Dad", on Fox viewers: These people become remarkably fact-resistant. That sums them up perfectly.

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#2953792 12-Aug-2022 11:31

So another revolutionary hero attacks an FBI office and gets himself killed. These people are so F-ing dumb!

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#2953798 12-Aug-2022 11:48

Wow. I bet his parents are proud 🙄

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#2953801 12-Aug-2022 12:03

The NY Times - Read the full transcript of Merrick Garland’s comments on the F.B.I.’s search of Trump’s home.

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Good afternoon.

Since I became attorney general, I have made clear that the Department of Justice will speak through its court filings and its work.

Just now the Justice Department has filed a motion in the southern district of Florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the F.B.I. conducted earlier this week.

That search was a premises located in Florida belonging to the former president. The department did not make any public statements on the day of the search. The former president publicly confirmed the search that evening, as is his right. Copies of both the warrant and the F.B.I. property receipt were provided on the day of the search to the former president’s counsel, who was on site during the search.

The search warrant was authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause. The property receipt is a document that federal law requires law enforcement agents to leave with the property owner. The department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances, and the substantial public interest in this matter.

Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy. Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly, without fear or favor. Under my watch that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing. All Americans are entitled to the evenhanded application of the law, to due process of the law, and to the presumption of innocence.

Much of our work is by necessity conducted out of the public eye. We do that to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations. Federal law, longstanding department rules, and our ethical obligations prevent me from providing further details as to the basis of the search at this time.

There are, however, certain points I want you to know.

First, I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter.

Second, the department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.

Third, let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the F.B.I. and Justice Department agents and prosecutors. I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. The men and women of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department are dedicated, patriotic public servants. Every day they protect the American people from violent crime, terrorism, and other threats to their safety while safeguarding our civil rights. They do so at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves. I am honored to work alongside them.

This is all I can say right now. More information will be made available in the appropriate way and at the appropriate time. Thank you.

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#2953813 12-Aug-2022 12:37

The Washington Post - FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say

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Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according to people familiar with the investigation. ...

Material about nuclear weapons is especially sensitive and usually restricted to a small number of government officials, experts said.

Publicizing details about U.S. weapons could provide an intelligence road map to adversaries seeking to build ways of countering those systems.

Let's hope that the FBI warrant is unsealed ASAP.

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#2953816 12-Aug-2022 12:50

Let's hope they find something and put this orange idiot in prison.

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#2953823 12-Aug-2022 13:11

freitasm: Let's hope they find something and put this orange idiot in prison.

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#2953824 12-Aug-2022 13:13

freitasm:

Let's hope they find something and put this orange idiot in prison.

Agree completely but if Trump is actually jailed, every armed militia in the country will come out of the sewers and it will probably mean full-blown civil war. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on your perspective. As much as I wish the military would finally clear these psychotic losers out, the price would be a big one and I'm not sure any democracy anywhere would survive it.

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#2953835 12-Aug-2022 14:03

Rikkitic:
So another revolutionary hero attacks an FBI office and gets himself killed. These people are so F-ing dumb!

Washington Post: Gunman killed after trying to breach FBI office in Ohio, authorities say

An armed man wearing body armor tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati field office Thursday, sparking an hours-long standoff that ended when he was gunned down after firing at officers, authorities said.

The man tried to enter the visitor screening facility at 9:15 a.m., the FBI said in a statement, activating an alarm and triggering a heavy law enforcement response. He fled in a white Ford Crown Victoria onto Interstate 71, leading officers on a chase and firing in their direction, state Highway Patrol Lt. Nathan Dennis said.

The vehicle eventually stopped on a rural stretch of road, where Dennis said the man exchanged gunfire with authorities. He said they tried to negotiate with the man but he refused to cooperate. Shortly before 3 p.m., officers fatally shot him after he raised a gun at police, Dennis said.
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On the Truth Social platform, which was started by former president Donald Trump, an account with Shiffer’s name published a post at 9:30 a.m. Thursday that seemed to indicate he was writing after attempting to enter the FBI building.

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#2953839 12-Aug-2022 14:15

Latest breaking is that the Trump documents may have included nuclear secrets, which puts the whole business in a completely different league. Different legislation, different limits on presidential powers, something really really serious. If this turns out to be true, it explains a lot about the last few days and it could also mean Trump goes straight to jail, without any more legalistic nonsense. This is the kind of thing they don't fool around with. Let us all hope.

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#2953840 12-Aug-2022 14:18

"DOJ requests court unseal Trump search warrant"

Subheading: "Trump's team is considering challenging the move. They must respond by 3 p.m. ET Friday."

Sure... Let's complain about the witch hunt but hide the actual facts presented. Nothing to see here, citizen.

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#2953870 12-Aug-2022 15:09

Except for the Waco siege, before Trump the FBI was considered (mostly) friendly by the right-wing.

Trump, being a bumbling mob boss, changed that perception. It's been slow, but now the FBI is beginning to see a greater threat from the right-wing than left-wing "commies."

From Stanford

"The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began monitoring Martin Luther King, Jr., in December 1955, during his involvement with the Montgomery bus boycott, and engaged in covert operations against him throughout the 1960s. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was personally hostile toward King, believing that the civil rights leader was influenced by Communists.

This animosity increased after April 1964, when King called the FBI “completely ineffectual in resolving the continued mayhem and brutality inflicted upon the Negro in the deep South”.

Under the FBI’s domestic counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO) King was subjected to various kinds of FBI surveillance that produced alleged evidence of extramarital affairs, though no evidence of Communist influence."