Biden Admin Gives Explanation After Unsealed Docs Are Released
Don’t look now, but the handwringing in DC has begun.
The fallout from unsealed documents from the DOJ raid on Trump’s home is increasing so much that the FBI threw the DOJ under the bus.
From Fox News:
An “Operations Order” produced in discovery as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s alleged improper retention of classified records revealed that the “FBI believed its objective for the Mar-a-Lago raid was to seize ‘classified information, NDI, and US Government records,’” as described in the search warrant.
The order, according to a court filing, contained a “Policy Statement” regarding “Use of Deadly Force,” which stated, for example, “Law Enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary.”
“The FBI followed standard protocol in this search as we do for all search warrants, which includes a standard policy statement limiting the use of deadly force. No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter,” a statement claimed.
However, it appears that there is more than meets the eye on what took place behind the scenes.
Several officials leaked to the Washington Post that it was prosecutors who forced them to do the operation, and they tried to push back.
In other words, “don’t look at us. We didn’t do it and tried to say no.”
According to the report the FBI wished to contact Trump and get his permission to search the property which the Post said was confirmed by “four people, “who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a sensitive investigation.”
The Washington Post noted that “prosecutors” prevailed, forcing the FBI to do the raid.
It was a surprise raid on the presidents home with authorization for the use of deadly force
Some FBI resisted but ultimately the prosecutors won pic.twitter.com/G22ltVpcvi
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) May 22, 2024