Tag: FBI

FBI Raid on Trump Residence Is ‘Puzzling,’ Says Former AG Gilmore

If you consider the legality of the “raid” on Mar-a-Largo, the FBI pursued its investigation by the book. However, when you consider the political component of the raid on a former president, the FBI’s conduct is puzzling, said former Virginia governor and attorney general James (Jim) Gilmore. “This search has two components to it. One…


LIVE 8/16 at 10:30AM ET: FBI Allegedly Seized Trump’s Passports; Patrick Byrne on How Mar-a-Lago Raid Aims to Incite Trump Supporters

Former President Donald Trump claims that the FBI seized his passport during their raid. The incident is raising growing speculation that the Biden administration may arrest the former president. Patrick Byrne, the founder of Overstock.com who was recently called to testify before the House Committee on January 6, reveals what happened behind the scenes in…


Biden Administration Urges Court to Keep Trump Search Affidavit Sealed

President Joe Biden’s administration on Aug. 15 urged a federal court to keep the affidavit that led to the approval of a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s resort shielded from the public. U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers said unsealing the affidavit would “irreparably harm the government’s ongoing criminal investigation.” “Even when the…


Republicans Call for Release of Affidavit That Justified FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid

Republicans are calling for the release of an FBI affidavit that lays out in detail the legal justification for the search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence. They want to know exactly what persuaded a federal judge to issue the search warrant, given that the affidavit of the Mar-a-Lago raid has yet to be…


200 Sex Trafficking Victims, 37 Missing Children Located During FBI Operation

The FBI on Monday said that 200 sex trafficking victims and 37 missing children were found during the first two weeks of August in a nationwide sweep known as Operation Cross Country. “The initiative really just takes a concentrated period of time where we’re just focused on the problem of child sex trafficking,” said Section…


Trump Says FBI ‘Stole’ 3 of His Passports During Raid

Former President Donald Trump on Monday announced the FBI seized three of his passports in its raid of his Mar-a-Lago home last week. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that one of the passports was expired. The FBI and Department of Justice have not issued a public comment on Trump’s assertion. “Wow! In…


US Government to Oppose Any Move for Independent Review of Materials Seized From Trump: Lawyer

The U.S. government has informed former President Donald Trump’s legal team that it will oppose any move for a so-called special master amid allegations that privileged materials were seized by federal agents from Trump’s Florida resort. Trump’s attorneys gave the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) “a heads up that they wanted to ask for a…


House Judiciary Republicans Tell Garland, Wray, Klain to Preserve Mar-a-Lago Raid Documents

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and 18 other Republican members of the panel instructed White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and FBI Director Christopher Wray “to preserve all documents, communications or other information” on the Aug. 9 Mar-a-Lago raid. The instruction came in separate Aug. 15…


14 FBI Whistleblowers Have Come Forward: Rep. Jordan

Fourteen FBI whistleblowers have come forward to provide information to Republican congressional investigations, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said Sunday, about a week after the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. “Fourteen FBI agents have come to our office as whistleblowers, and they are good people,” Jordan told Fox News. “There are lots of…


Trump Reveals He ‘Will Do Whatever’ to ‘Help the Country’ After FBI Raid

Former President Trump said Monday morning that he “will do whatever” he can “to help the country” following the FBI’s unprecedented search of his Mar-a-Lago property last week. “The country is in a very dangerous position. There is tremendous anger, like I’ve never seen before, over all of the scams, and this new one—years of…