The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate happened after Attorney General Merrick Garland personally signed off on getting a search warrant. The unprecedented search sparked Republican outrage and fueled violent rhetoric online. Why would the bureau feel compelled to send federal agents to the former president’s home? Straight Arrow News contributor Rashad Richey says it appears clear Trump had classified documents that he refused to hand over.
Does anyone find it problematic that a former president of the United States refused to turn over classified documents? Remember, a few months ago, it was revealed that Donald Trump had about 15 boxes, that he should not have. Fifteen boxes full of information, full of documentation, full of things that actually belonged to the government, by way of the National Archives. So according to the latest report, they straightened that out, but it looks like other information was being withheld. Now, the department that’s overseeing this particular investigation, this federal raid, well, that office deals with national security, nine times out of 10. That means they’re dealing with what classified information?
Here’s a question. And I have to pose it for the record. Why would a former president of the United States, a known capitalist, an individual that is prone to corruption, why would he decide to flee the White House with classified information? Why would he not turn it over when mandated to do so by the United States government after he was president? Do you know what it takes to get a warrant like this, especially a warrant against a former United States president? It takes a lot.
You have probable cause that must be established by the evidence. You have a judge that must put a signature on the warrant. And you have to believe that issuing a subpoena will not produce the documents. Remember, if the President, the former president, is holding classified information, and he is unwilling to turn it over, that means the Department of Justice believes that the president, the former president, would not actually adhere to a federal subpoena.
