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FBI Agents Involved in Trump Raid are Under Criminal Investigation by Durham For Abusing Their Power in Trump-Russia Probe
"DEVELOPING: Investigators reportedly met back in June w Trump & his lawyers in Mar-a-Lago storage rm to survey docs & things seemed copasetic but then FBI raids weeks later. Speculation on Hill FBI had PERSONAL stake & searching for classified docs related to its #Spygate scandal.” – investigative journalist Paul Sperry said in a tweet Tuesday before getting suspended from Twitter.
Sperry dropped another bomb on Saturday.
According to Paul Sperry, the federal agents involved in the Mar-a-Lago raid are under investigation by Special Counsel John Durham.
"Developing: Sources say the FBI agents and officials who were involved in the raid on former President Trump’s home work in the same Counterintelligence Division of the FBI that investigated Trump in the Russiagate hoax and are actively under criminal investigation by Special Counsel John Durham for potentially abusing their power investigating Trump in the Russian fraud and therefore have a potential conflict of interest and should have been RECUSED from participating in this supposed “espionage” investigation at Mar-a-Lago” Sperry said in a social media post on Saturday.
"Everyone was asked to leave the premises, they wanted to be left alone, without any witnesses to see what they were doing, taking or, hopefully not, “planting.” Why did they STRONGLY insist on having nobody watching them, everybody out?” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday.
The Judge who approved the RAID in Mar a Lago, Judge Bruce Reinhart, was employed as an assistant US Attorney in the very office that was prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein. He resigned that position only to join the defense counsel of Epstein’s accomplices. Epstein was given what was referred to as a non-prosecutorial “sweetheart plea deal” orchestrated by Alex Acosta. Acosta was later interviewed by the Trump transition team for the job of Labor Secretary. When asked about the Epstein deal, Acosta says he was told to back off and that "Epstein belonged to intelligence."
SHOW US THE AFFIDAVIT!!!
The FBI has served as the Democrats’ sword. It knowingly laundered the Russian collusion hoax, lying in order to secure FISA warrants. It ambushed the president’s sitting national security advisor in a nonsense perjury trap. The FBI hunts down January 6 protesters while dodging congressional inquiries about the role of federal agents in provoking the incident. The FBI ginned up a fake kidnapping plot in Michigan to instill fear of right-wing terrorism, manhandled the former president’s lawyer, and shackled one of his former high-level aides.
And it has now raided the former president’s home under a mere pretext, while the Democrats openly crow on cable news about using a political prosecution to prevent Trump from ever again being able to serve in office.
Other attempts to rein in the FBI short of its abolition have failed. The FBI shows nothing but contempt for those authorized to oversee it. It routinely ignores inspector general investigations. It fails to prosecute or punish those who overtly violate established policies. It refuses to answer legitimate questions from Republican committee members. It doesn’t even respond to congressional letters of inquiry. It punishes FBI whistleblowers and seeks to purge from its midst those agents who aren’t in lockstep with its new praetorian guard role.
For the Rule of Law to Reign, the Bureau Must Be Destroyed. The FBI cannot be saved. It must be rendered into component parts and distributed to the four winds!
Justice applied evenly without fear or favor 🤷♀️ 🤣🤥 what about HRC, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Paul Pelosi and Paul Pelosi Jr? 🥹🥹🥹 🤥 🙏🏻🇺🇸🌎🤦🏼♀️
Thanks for reanimating Trump’s base.
I have no respect for you whatsoever……you are not an honorable person at all……in my opinion ……and many people feel just like I do……..
lock the criminal trump up already, let his racist supporters riot so we can get rid of them 😉
Merrick Garland should be impeached and put in jail for this BS! Along with all the other corrupt establishment d bags!
"If we couldn't fix the election, we would have eliminated Pres Trump."
I will simply say this as an veteran who worked at the Battalion military level with a clearance; If I ever took any of the information I worked with ( especially in documented form ) to my place of residence, and just left them there, REGARDLESS of the document clearance level, I would up for a plenty of volitions and legal issues and problems. Throw in security sensitive information and you bet your butt my freedom and jail would be soon and follow and swift. I mean, all things being equal, this is worse than Nixon and worse than the Chelsea Manning case put together. And surely if the Republicans wanted to 'Lock her up' over emails, ….he and everyone who allowed this to happen must be punished and jailed. It's sad…but like…the Law is the Law right? We have thousands and thousands of men and women, in jail for ALOT less. To put things right with the U.S. justice and social contract as a citizen, trump and anyone else who touched these docs that allowed them to reside in this state, so long after his presidency…we should expect to see Trump and those associated with these docs, should be in detained and in law enforcement custody.
Mr Garland ….get electric chair ready for trump.
So they call it a search big difference than a raid . What did Trump take cookie recipes ?
#LetsGoGarland
Protecting? Are you kidding – 40+ FBI agents check into the Mandalay Bay on Thursday and on Sunday 50 people killed. What the heck? Wait a second: Maybe the only people killed were the several witnesses that died in the days and weeks following high-roller Paddock's "shooting".
Love it
Time to drain the swamp
Hillary Clinton took home classified information on a server that foreigners hacked and the FBI said oh it’s OK Hillary I know you didn’t know anything about that so we’re just gonna let you go she didn’t get her house raided why? This is all political witchhunt from the Biden administration there in cahoots with the DOJ and the FBI this is a travesty in America scary scary stuff that if they can go after Trump they could go after any of us
Hillary Clinton did that. Files were altered in their classifications.to downgrade her risk of investigation.she uploaded information to her clinton foundation donors, it has been proven that her servers were hacked.
UNSEAL THE RAID AFFIDAVIT YOU FKN CRIMINALS!!!
🖕🏻 the FBLie !
The most patriotic image I can imagine is Merrick Garland laying in a dark corner of his parking garage with a bullet hole in his forehead.
The only thing better is that it is a reality and I'm the one standing over him with my suppressed, smoking S&W 9mm in my hand!!!
coward. there is no up and up.
Bombshell , wow TRUMP IS SO GUILTY ….. NOSIR JUST KIDDING . Fake news . Fbi has zero integrity and doj has zero integrity so no worries about people saying bad things about the fbi’s integrity .
Poor Americans how much SUFFRING &how Mr Trump has chaos &yes will be discover
If Garland can't give an explanation into why he pursue criminal charges on obama for enticing rioting. With his blm _ Obama was not head of state _ when him and his terrorist attacked members of the police dept _ and burnt down churches called terrorism and arson _ if Garlqnd can't explain why A formal head of state is running around with a lynch mob calling everybody racist then merritt needs to step down and we another attorney General that is not politically motivated __
When are going to address Obama treason in the US by his building of his pow Lexington prison in the US to house formal US military and take thier pension to give back his Muslim country he was obviously born in _ instead the Hawaii he obtained to illegally take US presidency by fraud to build an uprising and terrorist take over of the US org blm Gang to overthrow in hostile take over in the US _ by using Ben crump _ and lee merritt _
Have a decision to step down from office yet _ Garlqnd??
I'll attempt to explain US law to Garlqnd _ here we go__ Obama who was informed he had o be US citizen in order to be US president _he then came up with a birth certificate printed off from the dept of human services in Hawaii _
Which he denounced his duel citizenship from any other nation __ so he could be president __ when he then denounced his citizenship of any other nation he then announced that he no longer was head of state nation of any other country _ when he showed up and announced he was born in Hawaii __ since it appears he has ties with another nation __ in the middle east _ and he while in office spent tax payers money illegally to build a prison to house US military _ working for police _ using black panthers _ thst apposed to military service and are supporters and followers of Obama _ and have been running around from city to city to take over the police and out key military members in the way of the hostile America invasion of Obama brown people as he addressed America as his black and brown people / you have addressed the militant Lee merritt and Ben crump use of obamas black and brown Nation dream _ jefferson _ Floyd _ and the rest of thier pow in the US by using the volunteers of obamas_ black and brown nation Dream Floyd _ jefferson and the rest of thier blm members that knowingly set up white police in city's to force members of the dept to quit in thier hostile take over of the US__ going from city to city burning and making threats _ it also appears the white house was invaded on Jan 6 by a bunch of us military scaling the white house _ that were possibly released and brought over for the take over to get Trump out __ and it appears from TV interview the military were housed on us soil and eating _ and were shaved _ and were under a no talk order while still inlisted that are being held as peisonerd in the US _ in other words the gig is up
Victory
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.[48:29]
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Muhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel – like as sown corn that sendeth forth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers – that He may enrage the disbelievers wiith (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.
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O Prophet! Lo! We have sent thee as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
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And as a summoner unto Allah by His permission, and as a lamp that giveth light.
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And announce unto the believers the good tidings that they will have great bounty from Allah.
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And incline not to the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their noxious talk, and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee.
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Whoso obeyeth Allah and the messenger, they are with those unto whom Allah hath shown favour, of the prophets and the saints and the martyrs and the righteous. The best of company are they!
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That is bounty from Allah, and Allah sufficeth as Knower.
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And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed tryst and, when the trembling came on them, he said: My Lord! If Thou hadst willed Thou hadst destroyed them long before, and me with them. Wilt thou destroy us for that which the ignorant among us did ? It is but Thy trial (of us). Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray and guidest whom Thou wilt: Thou art our Protecting Friend, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us, Thou, the Best of all who show forgiveness.
[7:156]
And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the Hereafter (that which is good), Lo! We have turned unto Thee. He said: I smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things, therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil) and pay the poor- due, and those who believe Our revelations;
[7:157]
Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear. Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him: they are the successful.
[7:158]
Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah to you all – (the messenger of) Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and He giveth death. So believe in Allah and His messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, who believeth in Allah and in His Words, and follow him that haply ye may be led aright.
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Lo! Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! Ask blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation.
[66:8]
O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.
[21:107]
We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.
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Piece of GARBAGE.., TRAITOR…!!!
This man's MALFEASANCE will be witnessed thru time like j.edgar hoover's – TOTAL BULSHT !!
Where this jerk came from the Attorney General Merrick Garland
He looks like a clown 🤡 where are we getting this kind of people this whole White House is a real joke African Americans Biden wants to show his ex boss jerky Obama sorry BARAK HUSEEN OBAMA that he loves African Americans , bigest joke it the minister of defense the Black dude married to the white woman 👩 can’t wait till this Government goes like Kamala Harris what does she knows but say Sleepy Joe and Mr sleepy Joe asked her to be his VP that shows you how weak is this president of the USA it’s just a Mikey 🐁 🐭 of Washington before him was Donald Trump who fired and hired every day a person Trump was a real mentally sick person we will never vote for Republicans hope a Decent Democrats comes other wise we are not voting for anyone and considering moving anywhere but not live in the USA 🇺🇸 this country used to be a great country back in the 60’s but after Busch the father then Son and bigest joke Hillary Clinton wants to be a president but the Russians got involved other wise Trump would never ever been a president of this country and what in 2024 he wants to elect himself I am not donating a penny nor need Trump to win this country is going crazy. why do we have to get involved with Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Taiwan next yhis president needs a mental facility along with Nancy Pelosi . He goes to Ukraine 🇺🇦 because His son Hunter earns over 2 Million Dollars a year as a CEO of who knows what borderle he has been investigated by the FBI but nothing happens even during the elections Trump / Biden Trump spoke about it but the USA is getting to get a corrupted country where in the world protestors invades the White House . Trump should serve jail time for it but he will serve time this times for tax fraud and EX president rips off taxes and we the poor have to pay taxes and mr wonderful gets away with it but he will not should go try San Guantanamo and grorge Busch shoukd join him for crimes in Iraq 🇮🇶 why he was not investigated for Iraq where no unclear weapon was found he mr feted people just because his dad kept telling him son hit Iraq 🇮🇶 happy his father is under and hope he George w Busch won’t die but serve time in jail . He is back to booze real alcoholic 24/ 7 the drunk ex president will comment on this clown now Atyorney zgeneral which I will not listen to him hate his ugly face a real clown 🤡p
Who will stop the DOJ/FBI from illegal, unAmerican raids? Based upon the analysis of Dershowitz, Turley, Levin, Patel, Fitton, Lawson, Trump has a powerful case. His 4th amendment rights have been violated, clearly. The DOJ should just stop the nonsense and call everything off. This one unconstitutional action could doom the Democratic party in November.
I'm so glad all of this is recorded, so when you have egg on your face we can all be reminded of your character!
Hey Merrick!!! You MISSED every mass shooter! You were too busy prosecuting PTA moms as "terrorists" and Trump Mee Maws for January 6!!! Worst AG ever! Corrupt and political is not acceptable to Americans who still believe in the rule of law.
Garland has to go to jail. PRA does not require the President/former President to "declassify" Top Secret Documents with its limitation of its storage area as the PRA of the President's Privilege. FBI illegally searched Trump's premises and violated his Constitution Rights under 44 USC Chapter 22.
PRA has NO penalty for NOT returning the "documents" disregarding the sensitivity of the document, NO Top Secret or Declassified documents.
If Trump doesn't get indicted, we must stop saying that "In this country, nobody is above the law"
His Eye glued to the teleprompter the whole time and then split….. and took absolutely no questions ……. that sure helped everyone believe there's merit to the raid after they've been there several times before the raid looking over the documents … Many questions to answer and he answered nothing.
Every time you delete this comment it’s going to auto post 10 times. 🤷🏻♂️
Dont forget, Garland testified under oath that he did not "personally" know about the insurrection at the department of the interior where police and security were assaulted UNTIL he was confronted about it ONE WEEK AFTER at the senate hearing.
It is exactly 1.2 miles from Garlands office to the doi.
Are you tell me that the attorney general of the United States did not "personally" know about that insurrection?
Place a Master judge ASAP
Is Merrick Garland a communist?
Stay away from him, I mean Trump..
Garland you are a disgrace
Garland literally weaponized the FBI against free citizens. He's literally Hitler.
The irony of TDS victims calling Trump Hitler is not lost on me 🤣🤣