By Jack Phillips, EPOCH TIMES 12.8.22
The seven-page warrant that authorized the FBI to search former President Donald Trump’s property earlier this week was unsealed Friday, and it shows that Trump is under federal investigation for obstruction of justice and other alleged violations.
Trump is under investigation for alleged violations of 18 USC 2071—concealment, removal, or mutilation; 18 USC 793 of the Espionage Act—gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information; and 18 USC 1519—destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations, according to the warrant, which was unsealed by Judge Bruce Reinhart on Friday afternoon. A conviction under these statutes can lead to imprisonment or fines.
The search and seizure warrant shows FBI agents targeted “the ’45 Office,’ all storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by FPOTUS (former president of the United States) and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate.”
Agents were granted authority to seize “all physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed,” according to the warrant. That includes documents with classification markings and presidential records that were drafted between Jan. 20, 2017, and Jan. 20, 2021—when Trump was in office.
The FBI didn’t try to obtain access to search private guest rooms, including members of Mar-a-Lago, according to the warrant. Earlier this week, the judge ordered the Department of Justice to file a response after several groups requested the warrant unsealed.
Federal agents also took a set of alleged “top secret/SCI” documents, four sets of “top secret” documents, three sets of “secret” documents, and three sets of “confidential” documents, according to a property receipt unsealed alongside the warrant Friday. It’s not clear what the documents entailed.
Response
Trump’s lawyers have argued that the former president used his authority as president to declassify the material before he departed office in early 2021.
“The Biden administration is in obvious damage control after their botched raid where they seized the President’s picture books, a ‘hand-written note,’ and declassified documents,” Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich told Fox News as the warrant was unsealed Friday. “This raid of President Trump’s home was not just unprecedented, but unnecessary—and they are leaking lies and innuendos to try to explain away the weaponization of government against their dominant political opponent. This is outrageous.”
The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a motion to unseal the warrant unless Trump objects to the move. The filing came around the same time Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he personally approved the FBI’s search in Florida.
“Not only will I not oppose the release of the documents,” Trump wrote Thursday, referring to the FBI’s warrant. “I am going a step further by encouraging the immediate release of those documents,” he said.
And on Friday, Trump posted that the documents the FBI alleged seized were “all declassified” and agents “they could have had [the documents] anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago.” He added, “It was in secured storage, with an additional lock put on as per their request.”
Trump also wrote that Former President Obama “kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!”
The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that some documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items sought by the FBI. But Trump on Friday morning said the report is a hoax and a continuation of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative that was pushed by legacy news outlets starting in late 2016.
Republicans have said the unprecedented FBI raid is a politicized attempt to target a former president who is currently mulling a 2024 run. Since Monday, several GOP lawmakers have called on federal agencies to release the affidavit, which would provide more details as to what information the FBI was acting upon when it attempted to obtain the warrant.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote on Twitter Friday that the Department of Justice “must release the information as to why a warrant was necessary, not what was taken … they can redact the names and other sensitive information, but DOJ must lay their cards on the table.”
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.
You’re welcome, Honeybee.
President Trump has announced the fact that the Feds illegally seized privileged lawyer-client information:
FBI seizes privileged Trump records during raid; DOJ opposes request for independent review: sources
— https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-seizes-privileged-trump-records-during-raid-doj-opposes-request-independent-review-sources
Kash Patel personally witnessed then-President Donald Trump declassifying all the documents; but it seems the FBI is trying to get them re-classified, as they are now part of an “ongoing investigation”. This is blatantly an attempt to shield Hillary from the Stargate and Russiagate scandals.
Michael S Thank you.
Peloni,
The raid was almost certainly intended to silence the President’s Stargate and Russiagate suits against Hillary Clinton. They illegally seized privileged lawyer-client information:
FBI seizes privileged Trump records during raid
https://www.chahidvip.com/fbi-seizes-privileged-trump-records-during-raid-doj-opposes-request-for-independent-review-sources/
Kash Patel personally witnessed the President de-classifying his papers, and he suspects that the Feds will re-classify the anti-Clinton evidence because it’s part of a (never-ending) “ongoing investigation”.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/08/14/kash_patel_on_that_fbi_has_an_ongoing_counterintel_investigation_they_can_make_all_russiagate_documents_classified.html
Hi, Peloni.
I hope that you and I both live long enough to see those criminals given justice. In the meantime, Joshua Philipp has put out a very revealing episode about Mar a Lago and related matters:
After Raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Concerns Grow of a Patriot ‘Trap’ | Crossroads with Joshua Phiipp
— https://www.nationandstate.com/2022/08/15/after-raid-on-trumps-mar-a-lago-concerns-grow-of-a-patriot-trap-crossroads-with-joshua-philipp/
Philipp believes the main target of the FBI raid was President Trump’s (personal, privileged) communications with his lawyers regarding his lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
@peloni
Please quote my “labeling others with… …low borne abuses” and my “characterizing people with such silly labels.”
I make a point of not doing this, this sort of stuff is usually directed at me from the people who either cannot present a cogent argument as a response or can’t understand (or pretend not to understand) what I mean.
In the latter case, it behooves them to ask for clarification rather than to resort to personal abuse and libel.
Calling the American Jewish officials appointed by the Senate “Court Jews” is an antisemitic insult regardless of who says it and regardless of whether these Jews are good, bad, or indifferent.
Your hairsplitting argument as to whether the US is really a republic or not is irrelevant.
It is not a medieval monarchy with ghettos and court Jews in any case.
@Michael
Thank you, I had seen the report a short while ago but am only now making time to read it. I only hope I live long enough to see these men placed before some justice somewhere and face a fair reckoning for their unimaginable crimes.
Regarding Reader, he has a good sense for research, and he offers theories that are wildly obscure at times which really do challenge me to consider carefully, things I had not considered or in a light that I had not appreciated. While I do not always agree with him, I do find his comments, sometimes, strikingly perceptive. I do find his rather common tendency to resist discussion or scrutiny of his comments without the interjection of ad hominy attacks or condescending jibes to be quite a sad element of his nature. In point of fact, his comments that do appear to be obtuse, illogical and out of the blue, might actually have some point of foundation to merit them, if only Reader would actually knock the chip off his shoulder and explain himself more clearly, instead of labeling others with his low borne abuses. When a conversation devolves to the point of characterizing people with such silly labels as he is given to do, as opposed to simply discussing the subject matter or addressing the points raised, it can only lead to a fruitless defense of egos, which is the worse waste of time imaginable. Consequently, and sadly, your choice to forego any attempt to reason with him might be the better avenue pursued.
Peloni, I suppose you know that Reader has a history of posting obtuse, illogical remarks out of the blue. I’ve given up trying to reason with him.
BTW, have you see the latest from Naomi Wolf? 44% of Pfizer trial participants who became pregnant suffered miscarriages. Pfizer knew of and buried this data over a year ago. It’s disgusting; it’s murder. Wolf goes so far as to call it genocide.
https://rumble.com/v1g53pp-battleground-ep116-baby-die-off-comes-from-israel-to-usa-pfizer-docs-reveal.html
Is this the point were someone says some animals are more equal than others?
It is true that the US is not medieval but a modern state, and that it is not a monarchy, but it is far less than a republic as elections are not determined by the vote counters in a Republic as it the case in the US. In a Republic, the elections are determined by the votes cast. Only in the US has it been demonstrated, quite routinely of late that as the votes are counted some candidates have an increase in vote tallies and others have decreases in vote tallies. Still others go up, go down, and then are swapped with the tallies of some other candidate. Is this the Republic where you find some rational that “every citizen has equal rights”.
The US has morphed into a plutocracy which is envious of becoming a totalitarian state, but it is no Republic. Not currently, not for some time most likely, and definitely not since the 2020 election.
Reader, you’re nuts.
@Michael S.
I vehemently object to your calling Attorney General Garland and other Jewish official “Court Jews” and accusing them of being evildoers.
The United States Attorney General is nominated by the president of the United States, then appointed with the advice and consent of the United States Senate.
He is not some “Court Jew” who “sneaks” into his high office due to his wealth and the ability to provide valuable services to the monarch while his coreligionists rot in ghettos.
The US is not a medieval monarchy, it is a republic where every citizen has equal rights, and if its Jews get appointed to some very important positions, it’s too bad for the antisemites.
I also think that they shouldn’t be in those positions but for a different reason – I think it is bad for all the Jews precisely because of the opinions such as you express.
However, it would be unrealistic to expect these Jews (most of them “Jews in name only” – as much as I hate this expression) to refuse their appointments because of the chance that they might increase or provoke antisemitism (I am sure they don’t even think about it).
Hi, Honeybee.
This seems to be the only thread today, focused on the US economic and political scene. The most recent item of interest I’ve seen, is that Xi and Biden, like Sherlock Holmes and Moriarity, seem to be wrestling each other down the waterfall.
‘Largest Drop Ever’: Cortes Explains Crucial Indexes To Understanding The American Economy
Bannons War Room
Published August 15, 2022
— https://rumble.com/v1g39jr-largest-drop-ever-cortes-explains-crucial-indexes-to-understanding-the-amer.html
https://s2982.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Holmes-and-Moriarty-fighting-at-Reichenbach-Falls-by-Sidney-Paget-public-domain-feature-700×375-1.jpg.webp
Michael S sadly true Darlin, lets us pray he is the only target.
Hi, Honeybee
Dicha of Deborah speaks wisdom. However, concerning Garland, there is another problem: I think most sane people realize that he was not the “man behind the curtain”. He is, and has always been, a flunkie; the likes of Obama, Xi and other puppeteers of Biden ordered the raid; because it was obviously intended for their benefit. Garland, the Jew (as always, my dear) is the fall guy. He may double down and go for “vengeance”, because his controllers demand it; but it is disingenuous and wimpy bully-vengeance, because he knows (or should know) he can only lose by it.
Obama, Xi, the Davos set and others will not escape; it just might take a little longer, after their Jews have died by catching all the arrows for them.
Michael S concerning Garland,” when you go for revenge dig two graves”. Dicha of Deborah
Reinhart is not taking the heat. Christopher Wray is not taking the heat. Joe Biden is not taking the heat. Obama, Hillary… none of these goiim are taking the heat.
The Court Jew, Merrick Garland, is taking the heat, and he is getting scorched.
This is what you get, Merrick, for hitching up to the devil’s horse.
It is SO EASY to write legal name-calling using names of legal offenses. For a judge, to sign a warrant is also easy.
The story of the Judge who signed the warrant:
“During his time as a federal prosecutor, Reinhart worked on the case against now-deceased Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender.
But, he switched sides in the middle of the case, quitting the US Attorney’s office and going on to defend several of Epstein’s employees.”
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-bruce-reinhart-fbi-search-warrant-trump-mar-a-lago-2022-8
Exactly on what date did the judge joined the deep state?