The FBI raid on the Trump resort at Mar-a-lago continues to dominate the news. So many questions remain and as has been the case for most of the Trump era, it is not clear who can one trust to report the news accurately. Certainly not the Establishment voices. The Legacy Media (aided by Google search algorithms) is once again tripping over themselves to spin this as negatively as possible for Trump and while it is likely that he did act in a cavalier fashion it is still far from certain as to what he did wrong here. The buzzwords are the 'National Archive'. Something that was completely played down when Hillary Clinton's e-mails disappeared into the ether during her controversial Servergate scandal several years ago (the FBI under Comey then declined to investigate further....rather helpful for her) but for some reason it has national security importance in the present. How times have changed?
Trump has been out of office for a year and a half now but it is at this very moment that the FBI/DOJ have a sense of urgency. Why did it take so long if the documents were so critical? Is National Archive recovering protocol that important that they require this type of high profile intervention? Why was a warrant issued when Trump wasn't even at Mar-a-lago? Could this not all be accomplished by subpoena? How much did the Biden Administration know about this raid beforehand? and why does this all look so convenient?
From the outside it stinks to high heaven. The January 6th investigations are going nowhere, Biden's popularity remains in the doldrums, Trump looks to be the GOP candidate in 2024, the midterms are around the corner and the economy is teetering on a recession. If MAGA candidates do well in November the establishment will take a big hit.
None of this is helped by the fact that public trust in the FBI following the Russian collusion farce is at an all time low. The higher ups in the Federal police have politicized the organization in a way that cuts against any anti-establishment figure - a moniker that fits Trump - and even if they have a point right now why should the populace believe them? The same can be said for the hyper partisan Merrick Garland (the same guy who threatened to go after anti-CRT parents as Domestic terrorists while ignoring Hunter Biden's indiscretions).
Trump is correct to sue the US Government. As President he had the power to declassify whatever documents he saw fit. Others have done this before him. The raid looks to be a classic example of state push back on an oppositional candidate. Trump has shown that he is willing to cooperate and yet he is still been dragged through the earth like a common criminal. Now the onus must be on the state to prove their case with a whopping amount of evidence.
If they fail to do so the only gain from this will be the increasing polarization of the country. Media voices cheering on what looks like a 'give me the man I will show you the crime scenario' ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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