Standing Order

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I’ve lost track, but I think this was excuse #3 from Trump and his team to explain the documents he said weren’t there, or were planted, or whatever.

Of course it’s a ridiculous statement and no way to manage classified information. That didn’t stop Trump’s team from trying to use it as a diversionary excuse.

But 18 former top Trump administration officials tell CNN they never heard any such order issued during their time working for Trump, and that they believe the claim to be patently false. Including two of Trump’s Chiefs of Staff, John Kelly and Mick Mulvaney.

Which is troubling. Cuz if they won’t let a former President get away with these lies, imagine what they can do to you.

GOP Defunds Law Enforcement?

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Since the FBI served a warrant to retrieve classified documents from Trump’s house, several GOP members have come out forcefully and vocally calling to remove funding for the FBI.

Trump supporters held an armed rally outside an FBI office in Phoenix. And one Trump supporter in Cincinnati tried to storm the FBI office.

I guess they’re done backing law enforcement?

If you had predicted that GOP Trump loyalists would be calling to defund law enforcement in 2022, ride that prognostication wave and go buy a lottery ticket.

Trump Goes Nuclear?

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It’s been reported that the raid on Trump’s home was to retrieve classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other items.

It’s also been reported that there were previous subpoenas to recover the documents. Merrick Garland says the FBI operation was signed off by him, and not undertaken lightly.

Garland and the DOJ have requested the warrant be unsealed, so we’ll know more details soon enough.

Clearly the former President needs nuclear secrets in his golf resort that’s notably frequented by agents from several other foreign countries.

Yeah. Totally normal.

Trump Raided by FBI

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In a surprising move today, the FBI raided the Mar-A-Lago home of former President Donald Trump. Confirmed by Trump himself.

This is a move that doesn’t happen without a clear idea of what they’re after and why, signed off by a federal judge. Likely all the way to the top of the DOJ.

The mind boggles at what they might find.