Quote (Black XistenZ @ Aug 10 2022 08:50am)
According to reporting, this raid was ostensibly not tied to any of the pre-existing criminal investigations though - onstensibly, it was conducted to retrieve classified documents, which is ofc bullshit.
The government communication in the documents which the FBI ostensibly tried to retrieve should still fall under executive privilege.
McDonalds is okay... but eating his steaks "well done", that's the true crime!
Obviously the right wing is furious about this. One of the fundamental beliefs of social conservativism is that the law is there to protect them and punish others. The reverse is NOT true which is why they get so upset when people on their side are held accountable. You often see people like Goomshill defending the indefensible (he sided with Aubery's killers) due to this belief.
Having said that, I've refrained from commenting much on this because there is so much that we don't know. Sarah Isgur has a pretty good breakdown of everything here:
https://podcast.thedispatch.com/p/fbi-raids-mar-a-lago-what-does-it#detailsI'm of the opinion that Trump should release his copy of the warrant so that people can stop fantasizing about Trump going to prison or Hillary Clinton orchestrating her revenge on the "deplorables." It could be as simple as the FBI picked up some remaining documents and this isn't a big deal at all.