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'Banana Republic': Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slams FBI Mar-a-Lago raid

Jack Birle
Washington Examiner
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:38 UTC

Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the FBI's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

The Florida Republican sent a tweet Monday evening as it was reported the raid was related to Trump's handling of presidential records, including classified documents, after leaving office.

"The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime's political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves. Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic," DeSantis tweeted.

The governor, who is seen as a top Republican presidential candidate for 2024 if he embarks on a campaign, was referring to the federal investigation into Hunter Biden and the Inflation Reduction Act's $46 billion provision that could lead to the hiring of more than 80,000 additional IRS agents.

DeSantis has been a Trump ally, receiving the former president's endorsement during his first run for governor in 2018. He is running for reelection this year.

In announcing that Mar-a-Lago had been raided on Monday, Trump said in a statement that he is the victim of "political targeting." The Justice Department and FBI have declined to comment on the matter.

Comment: This ill-conceived move against Trump may have larger, more damaging implications. Fox News reports:

Trump announced that the FBI was raiding the Palm Beach, Florida location on Monday, and with Republicans claiming it was a weaponization of the DOJ. Now the Democratic Cuomo is saying the Justice Department has to provide information to show that this is not the case.

"DOJ must immediately explain the reason for its raid & it must be more than a search for inconsequential archives or it will be viewed as a political tactic and undermine any future credible investigation & legitimacy of January 6 investigations."

Cuomo, who has both clashed with and worked with Trump during the latter's presidency, did not appear to be saying this to defend Trump, rather to make sure his fellow Democrats do not lose credibility as they investigate the former president's role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol protests.

Trump said the raid "was not necessary or appropriate," stating that he had been cooperating with government agencies.

A number of other Republicans have already been criticizing the raid - or at least the way in which it was conducted.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy issued a warning to Attorney General Merrick Garland that extensive oversight by Republicans in Congress will be heading his way.

"Attorney General Garland: preserve your documents and clear your calendar," wrote McCarthy.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem blasted Biden's FBI, calling the agency's actions "un-American" in a statement posted to Twitter Monday evening.

Reader Comments

Arcane Schema · 2022-08-09T19:27:18Z

If Trump gets raided = Deep State

If Hillary, Obama or Hunter gets raided = "Law And Order"

Arcane Schema · 2022-08-09T19:41:09Z

Banana republican Ron DeSantis claims "law and order" when removing a disobedient Tampa-area elected state attorney, Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren. But it's unlawful when the law raids Trump. Does DeSantis advocate selective enforcement of the law? Sure does look that way. Law And Order for thee but not for me [Trump].

To set the record straight. Trump is no longer president of the United States. He’s a normal citizen. He may believe he’s still president because he never conceded the 2020 election, but he lost that election. As a result, he is subject to the same search-and-seizure provisions, under court supervision, as is anyone else. Trump may be correct that no former president has ever before been subject to an FBI search, but, then again, nothing like Trump has ever before happened to the United States. No former president has ever attempted a coup to remain in office.

In Monday night’s statement, Trump claimed that “such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries" and banana republics. If he was referring to the assault he instigated on January 6, 2021, against the United States Capitol, he is partly correct. Had that assault been successful, the United States could indeed have become a broken, Third-World country and banana republic.

The search of his home, however, was done with a warrant and approved by a court. It occurred under the law. But DeSantis and Trump believe the laws don't and shouldn't apply to them. And if the law comes for them, then it has to be the deep state instead of the law itself.

twiceyes · 2022-08-09T20:01:47Z

Arcane Schema pfffff… there is no law and order in the USA.

DeSantis is a Bushite, and he’s going to throw Trump under the bus to be the Republican prez nominee on his way to losing, perhaps even legitimately losing, to Gavin Newsom…

ROEL · 2022-08-09T21:59:23Z

twiceyes If Newsom ever gets elected, it will once and for all prove that a large swath of Americans have lost their marbles.

kksalm · 2022-08-09T22:43:43Z

Arcane Schema Arcana Schema = Troll

Seeker · 2022-08-10T00:42:35Z

Arcane Schema To set the record straight, everything you write is nothing but BS. The legal and constitutional precedents are absolutely clear that no ex US president can be subject to any form of legal inquiry, persecution or prosecution for any acts appertaining to their role as president, including their rightful access to, and holding of, documentation pertaining to their time as president (that is why ex presidents set up and and oversee presidential libraries). All the documentation that is spuriously claimed by the FBI to be in question were made available by Trump to the public records office in line with normal lines of disclosure by ex-presidents. This raid has nothing to do with his activities as a private citizen and everything to do with his function as a former president (and a potential future one). If there were any question of debate regarding any documents held by Trump there were multiple other appropriate legal avenues that should have been followed first and in a public and legal balanced way. Jumping to a violent, intrusive Rambo style raid sanctioned by a magistrate - yes, a magistrate.. a low level political appointed hack of a magistrate with close ties to Jeffery Epstein - tells you everything you need to know as to why this raid happened; because they are desperate to get back the only thing that stands between Trump and the eradication of the threat he poses - his documented proof of where the really monstrous Deep State skeletons lie. That's what they were after - his self-preservation papers. This raid was first and last political - and its misuse of the legal process identical to the road taken by the Nazis as they shifted from democratically elected party to full scale tyranny. And one day Arcane Schema the same process will be used to come a knocking on your door.

Buffalo_Ken · 2022-08-10T01:07:24Z

Arcane Schema - I think is more likely California wil separate then the gubner there from that misbegotten state ever get elected for higher office. The rest of the country will likely applaud separation of California. I will.

Arcane Schema · 2022-08-10T01:42:59Z

Seeker Nice attempt at a narrative, but you didn't prove even one thing.

The legal and constitutional precedents are absolutely clear that no ex US president can be subject to any form of legal inquiry, persecution or prosecution for any acts appertaining to their role as president, including their rightful access to, and holding of, documentation pertaining to their time as president (that is why ex presidents set up and and oversee presidential libraries).

Post your proof of the claim you just made that a former president is immune from accountability or crimes for what they did when they were president. Go ahead pussy.

Idiot, it's called The Presidential Records Act. The very thing that Trump is being investigated for. Look it up cult member for Trump.

Arcane Schema · 2022-08-10T01:48:05Z

kksalm Which part of my statement is not true?? Prove your shit boy.

Arcane Schema · 2022-08-10T02:01:04Z

Seeker

Jumping to a violent, intrusive Rambo style raid sanctioned by a magistrate - yes, a magistrate.. a low level political appointed hack of a magistrate with close ties to Jeffery Epstein - tells you everything you need to know as to why this raid happened;

"To set the record straight". How do you explain the cozy relationship that I proved between pedophiles Trump and Epstein?

Narrative much??

Judge who approved FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago once linked to Jeffrey Epstein

The Florida federal magistrate judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort left the local US Attorney's office more than...

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Dwoods44 · 2022-08-10T10:38:54Z

Seeker Right on. The FBI invasion of a private home is a political police state tactic. It has 2 intents, one to find something or plant something that can be used to prevent Trump from running in 2024. The second is to create chaos and violence, so that the Bribem administration can say the "white supremacist racist domestic terrorists" must be arrested and incarcerated for their attack on America.

Arcane Schema · 2022-08-10T13:21:25Z

Dwoods44 The FBI invasion of a private home is a political police state tactic.

False.

Not when that private home has records and documents that belong to the American people, not Trump. It's called The Presidential Records Act for which Trump is being investigated for. A warrant was issued lawfully based on probable cause as is prescribed by law. This is all legal. Remember Trump stated multiple times that republicans are the party of "Law And Order"?

But as we see with Trump and his cognitive dissonant supporters, it's Law and Order for thee but not for me.

Dwoods44 · 2022-08-11T12:30:03Z

Arcane Schema Emotional reaction and attacking leads to stupidity.

Buffalo_Ken · 2022-08-09T23:44:47Z

A banana republic it is I reckon, and no offense to bananas meant. It is what it is - what it has been - I mean ask the former queen of Hawaii about that and the fruity ambitions placed upon that place in the past.

Buffalo_Ken · 2022-08-10T01:55:50Z

Buffalo_Ken - here is a good banana republic song:

[Link]

codis · 2022-08-10T07:25:37Z

Comment: This ill-conceived move against Trump may have larger, more damaging implications. Fox News reports: ...

I see it as a deliberate provocation, exactly for that purpose.

I think the ~~dumb~~ dark side is still trying to kickstart a civil war.

Please can the proles stop repeating the same mistakes over & over of conflating a MYTH as a FACT. Zachariah Stichin (the 32nd degree...

VooDoo6

Please can the proles stop repeating the same mistakes over & over of conflating a MYTH as a FACT. Zachariah Stichin (the 32nd degree...

VooDoo6

That was great, thanks! I look forward to part two.

graeme15b

From the article - the concluding sentiment - twas as follows: That fall may be the extinction of the human race. Yep....seems as such... The end...

Buffalo_Ken

Same ole’ song & dance. The song is Peace the dance is War. ;)

VooDoo6

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