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Government Corruption
Here's the Woman Who Launched the FBI Ransacking of Mar-a-Lago
2022-08-24
[Townhall] Donald Trump is the victim of a political hit job by the Biden Department of Justice. He didn’t commit any actual law violations as stipulated in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Federal officials fought to keep the affidavit providing probable cause for the FBI’s August 8 raid under seal. Still, a judge, the same one who signed off on the search, Bruce Reinhart, disagreed and ordered parts of the document to be released after a redaction process. That means a sea of blacked-out pages, so what’s the point? The best part regarding the reasoning behind keeping the core of the affidavit under wraps is to protect Donald Trump. Nothing is creepier than when the government says, "this is for your protection."

With every development regarding this federal ransacking, two things remain unchanged. It looks increasingly clear that the Trump legal team was cooperating with federal officials regarding the documents in question, so the obstruction of justice allegation gets weaker by the day. Second, where is the crime that precipitated this search of Trump’s home because recent updates only make it seem like the Justice Department cobbled together statutes that aren’t criminal to justify this ransacking?

The latest development in this legal fiasco is Acting Archivist Debra Steidel Wall's role in the document retrieval, where she seems to be one of the leading figures who triggered the FBI raid. As Tom Elliott of Grabien clipped, Trump honored this woman during his presidency, which he cited as a failure on the former president’s part for not draining the swamp (via WaPo):

Times of IS - National Archives letter reveals scope of classified documents retained by Trump
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Debra Steidel Wall: 2022-08-23 Biden White House facilitated DOJ's criminal probe against Trump, scuttled privilege claims: memos
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  First order of business: Anyone GS-13 or higher in the GSA, NSA, CIA, FBI or any other hotbeds of treachery, have your resignation letters on the president's desk within 24 hours, and your badge and keys handed in within 4 hours of receipt of this memorandum. Start with Wray and the Klingons, and Gen Milley in the DoD
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158   2022-08-24 22:41  

#7  The dems are piling up a lot of precedents that they will screech about when the shoe is on the other foot.

At this point, a Republican president would be beyond stupid to do any less than fire everyone that can be fired immediately after the inauguration.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-24 17:50  

#6  If Trump had only been as ruthless as when he was on The Apprentice.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-08-24 17:48  

#5  Trump began working from Mar-a-Lago because while in the Oval Office because it was bugged and everything he was doing was being leaked to the NYT by (we can now suspect) the FBI.
Posted by: Cletle Shinese1880   2022-08-24 16:31  

#4  Brought down by a Librarian.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-08-24 13:10  

#3  "You want a friend in D.C., buy a dog."

Or wherever. But do know eventually your friend stands to be shot by some LEO during a questionable raid.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-24 08:18  

#2  Trump honored this woman during his presidency, which he cited as a failure on the former president’s part for not draining the swamp (via WaPo):

Yet another betrayal.

"You want a friend in D.C., buy a dog."
~ Harry S. Truman
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-24 07:55  

#1  Acting Archivist of the United States

Debra Steidel Wall became Acting Archivist of the United States in May 2022 upon the retirement of 10th Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero. She was appointed as Deputy Archivist of the United States in July 2011 and previously served as the agency's Chief of Staff (2008–2011) and in a variety of management positions relating to bringing NARA’s archival holdings to the public online. She joined the National Archives in 1991 as an archivist trainee with a specialty in film, and holds an undergraduate degree in history and government from Georgetown University, and a graduate degree in film from the American University.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-24 07:22  

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