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Newsweek: An Informer Told the FBI What Docs Trump Was Hiding, and Where
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:32 pm
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The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former President Trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, two senior government officials told Newsweek.
The officials, who have direct knowledge of the FBI's deliberations and were granted anonymity in order to discuss sensitive matters, said the raid of Donald Trump's Florida residence was deliberately timed to occur when the former president was away.
FBI decision-makers in Washington and Miami thought that denying the former president a photo opportunity or a platform from which to grandstand (or to attempt to thwart the raid) would lower the profile of the event, says one of the sources, a senior Justice Department official who is a 30-year veteran of the FBI.
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Both senior government officials say the raid was scheduled with no political motive, the FBI solely intent on recovering highly classified documents that were illegally removed from the White House. Preparations to conduct such an operation began weeks ago, but in planning the date and time, the FBI Miami Field Office and Washington headquarters were focused on the former president's scheduled return to Florida from his residences in New York and New Jersey.
"They were seeking to avoid any media circus," says the second source, a senior intelligence official who was briefed on the investigation and the operation. "So even though everything made sense bureaucratically and the FBI feared that the documents might be destroyed, they also created the very firestorm they sought to avoid, in ignoring the fallout."
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In the past week, the prosecutor in the case and local Assistant U.S. Attorney went to Florida magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart in West Palm Beach to seek approval for the search of Donald Trump's private residence. The affidavit to obtain the search warrant, the intelligence source says, contained abundant and persuasive detail that Trump continued to possess the relevant records in violation of federal law, and that investigators had sufficient information to prove that those records were located at Mar-a-Lago—including the detail that they were contained in a specific safe in a specific room.
"In order for the investigators to convince the Florida judge to approve such an unprecedented raid, the information had to be solid, which the FBI claimed," says the intelligence source.
According to experts familiar with FBI practices, Judge Reinhart reviewed the prosecutor's evidence and asked numerous questions about the sources and the urgency. The judge signed a search warrant allowing the FBI to look for relevant material and the FBI then planned the operation, wanting to conduct the raid while Trump was spending time at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. A Secret Service source who spoke on background said the Secret Service director was given advance warning and was later told the specifics of the raid.
Because the Secret Service is still responsible for protecting the former president, his family, and his property, the FBI had to coordinate with the Secret Service to gain access to the grounds.
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Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:33 pm to jatilen
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an FBI confidential human source
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:34 pm to jatilen
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"In order for the investigators to convince the Florida judge to approve such an unprecedented raid, the information had to be solid, which the FBI claimed," says the intelligence source.
Then why is it sealed?
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:34 pm to jatilen
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"They were seeking to avoid any media circus,"
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:36 pm to jatilen
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The affidavit to obtain the search warrant, the intelligence source says, contained abundant and persuasive detail that Trump continued to possess the relevant records in violation of federal law, and that investigators had sufficient information to prove that those records were located at Mar-a-Lago—including the detail that they were contained in a specific safe in a specific room.
Ok, FBI. Show us then. Why is this information being hidden from the public?
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:37 pm to jatilen
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Both senior government officials say the raid was scheduled with no political motive
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the FBI solely intent on recovering highly classified documents that were illegally removed from the White House.
Kash Patel said yesterday that Trump declassified all the documents he took home prior to his term of being president expired.
This post was edited on 8/10/22 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:38 pm to jatilen
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Newsweek: An Informer Told the FBI What Docs Trump Was Hiding, and Where
this is their hail mary to not admit anything, if there is a whistle blower they can never reveal anything because that threatens the whistleblowers safety
remember they love to recycle the same BS excuses over and over, and the "we need to keep it secret to protect the whistleblower" worked like a charm last time they went after trump
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:38 pm to jatilen
The docs are in the toilet!!!!!!
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:40 pm to jatilen
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Both senior government officials say the raid was scheduled with no political motive,
I call bullshite
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:40 pm to jatilen
There was no informant...that had any knowledge of said documents.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:41 pm to jatilen
I don’t trust the FBI, and that distrust has been well earned by the FBI by their conduct, political bias, and agendas we all see on display. It’s not like they are even hiding it, and if they are, then they are doing a horrific job of it.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:43 pm to jatilen
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the FBI feared that the documents might be destroyed,
Yet they planned the operation for weeks?[
quote]The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former President Trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, two senior government officials told Newsweek. [/quote]
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he affidavit to obtain the search warrant, the intelligence source says, contained abundant and persuasive detail that Trump continued to possess the relevant records in violation of federal law, and that investigators had sufficient information to prove that those records were located at Mar-a-Lago—including the detail that they were contained in a specific safe in a specific room.
But they searched the entire house for hours? Why, if they knew right where the documents were stored?
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:46 pm to jatilen
I’m curious as to why Trump waited until the evening to announce it? Like …why not do it when they first arrived/ he learned about it
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:46 pm to jatilen
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A Secret Service source who spoke on background said the Secret Service director was given advance warning and was later told the specifics of the raid.
If I’m Trump, I’m basically severing ties with every government agency at this point.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:49 pm to jatilen
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two senior government officials told Newsweek
That right there is pathetic.
If you’re a senior government official who is singing to Newsweek, you ought to re-calibrate your moral and ethical compasses.
Laughable, in a pitiful way.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:50 pm to jatilen
We've heard it all before. Not buying any of it.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:52 pm to jatilen
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classified documents former President Trump
Wouldn't the Commander in Chief have the final say as to what's classified?
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:52 pm to jatilen
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He insists, though, that Garland had no prior knowledge of the date and time of the specific raid, nor was he asked to approve it. "I know it's hard for people to believe," says the official, "but this was a matter for the U.S. Attorney and the FBI."
It's obvious where this is going... Muh bad source and rogue Florida US Attorney. The WH & AG were totally caught off guard
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:54 pm to jatilen
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An Informer Told the FBI What Docs Trump Was Hiding, and Where
Uh huh. I'm sure an FBI informer did tell the FBI exactly what docs "Trump" was hiding and exactly where "Trump" hid them.
Posted on 8/10/22 at 2:56 pm to jatilen
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FBI decision-makers in Washington and Miami thought that denying the former president a photo opportunity or a platform from which to grandstand (or to attempt to thwart the raid) would lower the profile of the event, says one of the sources, a senior Justice Department official who is a 30-year veteran of the FBI.
So go in with 20 vehicles, lights on, 30 agents with guns drawn…that will keep it low key lol
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In order for the investigators to convince the Florida judge to approve such an unprecedented raid, the information had to be solid, which the FBI claimed," says the intelligence source.
Like those Fisa warrants?
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FBI feared that the documents might be destroye
They feared the documents would be destroyed like the subpoenaed documents Hillary had?
This post was edited on 8/10/22 at 2:59 pm
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