FBI Raids Mar-A-Lago

[Westside Steve]

9 hours ago, Browns149 said:

Sorry I don’t have a site, off hand, such as redstate

But then again,I have a life

Well you had enough time to make a claim. I assumed he had enough time to back it up.

If you can think of a Witch Hunt / persecution / fishing Expedition against a Democrat that has gone as far as this one let me know. PS if you mention White Water I will laugh out loud even though it was pretty ridiculous too.

WSS

[Westside Steve]

9 hours ago, MLD Woody said:

There may even be a Q drop from 2017 that tells us this would happen if you only read the first letter of each line!

Good boy! You got a Q reference in!

WSS

[Canton Dawg]

10 hours ago, MLD Woody said:

There may even be a Q drop from 2017 that tells us this would happen if you only read the first letter of each line!

I’m disappointed you didn’t mention 4chan.

[Vambo]

13 hours ago, MLD Woody said:

There may even be a Q drop from 2017 that tells us this would happen if you only read the first letter of each line!

It's sad you're turning into what you say you hate.

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

 

[cccjwh]

This couldn't get funnier. Cheetos signed into a law that change wrongly moving classified material into a felony. 😄

Law Trump Signed in 2018 May Punish Him Over Classified Info (businessinsider.com)

 

It upgraded the seriousness of wrongly moving classified material, turning it from a misdemeanor into a felony — and increasing the maximum punishment from one year to five. 

Moss noted that it was passed in the wake of Trump's relentless attacks during the 2016 presidential campaign on Hillary Clinton for allegedly mishandling classified information.

But now it is Trump who is under pressure. 

"Trump certainly has legal exposure to Section 1924 given it was classified documents from his spaces in the White House that were removed to Mar-Lago," said Moss. 

[Vambo]

 

[Vambo]

 

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

2 minutes ago, Vambo said:

 

You know they were going for the panties.

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

 

[FairHooker11]

yea - welcome aboard

 

[calfoxwc]

2 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan1 said:

You know they were going for the panties.

that makes it official, biden, everyone in his dept, the dirty fbi, cia, doj, irs........and everyone who voted against Pres Trump and helped elect these marxist dirtbags and won't admit they were wrong.....

are corrupt underwear sniffers, liars and threats to democracy.

[JAFBF]

On 8/9/2022 at 3:39 AM, TexasAg1969 said:

Once again repeat after me that mantra concerning everything donnie has claimed was stolen from him and every possible criminal action he may be engaged in requested by 3 different federal criminal grand juries.

Court, Court Court. Nobody gets anything without going through federal courts first with plenty of good reasons to get whatever happens from those courts to include subpoenas and legal searches & seizures.

Somehow you all think kangaroos are in charge and not a legal system that counterbalances executive & legislative powers. He's corrupted your thinking very badly these past several years with an uncanny ability to con formerly clear thinkers. You won't be the first or the last. Ask the Trump U grads how that's worked out for 'em.

 

Yea, looks like it was on the up & up per typical Tyrantical Dictatorships.

 

Ya know, it's really weird how everything the Left accused that Trump was going to do, they themselves are doing   .   .   .   also known as "projection".

 

 

Enjoying your taste of Communism ?

Stand by, it's going to get a bit more intense in case your Taste Buds are somewhat blunted from all the Bull Shit the Leftist Leaders have been shoveling (i.e. - having you swallow).

 

 

Sucks, but the USA of old is going to die, and we just so happen get too experience it   .   .   .   it's going too be glorious !

 

 

 

 

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P.S.   .   .   .   I'm waiting for the MSM counter punch   .   .   .   too which there is a counter-counter punch   😉

 

[Axe]

"Sucks, but the USA of old is going to die"

 

It died long long ago.. Most on this forum clearly have never had the pleasure of experiencing The United States of America..

Sad...

[nickers]

This is a book written by my 2nd Aunt who is Mother Superior at the Vatican in Rome , Italy...She was born in Croatia. She wrote this journal of our family's experience with communist tyranny.. It was translated by my Uncle Mark.... You should read about our family's living in fear for their lives... This is what is coming... If you can find this book I strongly urge you read it...  This is what you asshole libs voted for... Peoples lives will be threatened and exterminated...

[TexasAg1969]

5 hours ago, nickers said:

This is a book written by my 2nd Aunt who is Mother Superior at the Vatican in Rome , Italy...She was born in Croatia. She wrote this journal of our family's experience with communist tyranny.. It was translated by my Uncle Mark.... You should read about our family's living in fear for their lives... This is what is coming... If you can find this book I strongly urge you read it...  This is what you asshole libs voted for... Peoples lives will be threatened and exterminated...

And how does that differ from the extreme right Nazi tyranny of WW II, which is what the Trumpublican Party is now in process of installing?

Here's a clue. Neither side is right in imposing its extreme views on the entire country. And to negate voters of either side in order to maintain power is more than extreme, it's unconstitutional. I didn't see Dems try to take over the government by installing Hilarity as president in 2016 because they didn't like the election results. I did see Trump attempt it however in plain sight on Jan6 and since with his lies that are on par with Hitler's propaganda machine.

[Canton Dawg]

3 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

And how does that differ from the extreme right Nazi tyranny of WW II, which is what the Trumpublican Party is now in process of installing?

Here's a clue. Neither side is right in imposing its extreme views on the entire country. And to negate voters of either side in order to maintain power is more than extreme, it's unconstitutional. I didn't see Dems try to take over the government by installing Hilarity as president in 2016 because they didn't like the election results. I did see Trump attempt it however in plain sight on Jan6 and since with his lies that are on par with Hitler's propaganda machine.

I didn’t see a year long investigation into the 2020 election…did you?

[cccjwh]

Doubling down on crazy. What a bunch of nut jobs.

[TexasAg1969]

27 minutes ago, cccjwh said:

Doubling down on crazy. What a bunch of nut jobs.

It's worse than they could possibly think.

 

[Westside Steve]

15 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

It's worse than they could possibly think.

 

Of course tex has no idea what the subject is and CNN is just running a blind smear piece , but still the German generals and the German military were very good at what they did. That's not meant to sugarcoat the Holocaust but 

WSS

[nickers]

1 hour ago, TexasAg1969 said:

And how does that differ from the extreme right Nazi tyranny of WW II, which is what the Trumpublican Party is now in process of installing?

Here's a clue. Neither side is right in imposing its extreme views on the entire country. And to negate voters of either side in order to maintain power is more than extreme, it's unconstitutional. I didn't see Dems try to take over the government by installing Hilarity as president in 2016 because they didn't like the election results. I did see Trump attempt it however in plain sight on Jan6 and since with his lies that are on par with Hitler's propaganda machine.

The left has you completely brain washed... Good luck with that... How does it feel to be a sucker Tex?... Are your Grandkids gonna get in line for Hormone blockers and castration?... I guess Rachel Levine is your personal hero...

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

1 hour ago, TexasAg1969 said:

It's worse than they could possibly think.

 

General getting ready to retire and make millions off of bullshit in his book.

[nickers]

2 hours ago, TexasAg1969 said:

And how does that differ from the extreme right Nazi tyranny of WW II, which is what the Trumpublican Party is now in process of installing?

Here's a clue. Neither side is right in imposing its extreme views on the entire country. And to negate voters of either side in order to maintain power is more than extreme, it's unconstitutional. I didn't see Dems try to take over the government by installing Hilarity as president in 2016 because they didn't like the election results. I did see Trump attempt it however in plain sight on Jan6 and since with his lies that are on par with Hitler's propaganda machine.

Ahh yeah a bunch of old folks in MAGA hats without guns was gonna over throw a government... Wake up LOL... Do you know how silly that sounds?... But you believe that... Lmfaooo!

[Canton Dawg]

Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz says there is concern over the classification of any documents of which Trump might have been in possession: "The Justice Department had no right to seize them indiscriminately because some may not be classified and others may be classified above their level."

[Vambo]

Trump Derangement Syndrome at it's finest

 

FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago

Early Monday morning, the FBI, in an unprecedented move, raided Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago in connection with an investigation into classified records the former president allegedly took with him from the White House.

Sources told Fox News that FBI agents would not allow Trump’s attorneys to watch as they raided the former president's private residence. One source said FBI agents took boxes and documents without reviewing them on the property—only to investigate them later.

FBI raids former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida Aug. 8, 2022. (Felipe Ramales/Fox News Digital)

The raid was related to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which said earlier this year that Trump took 15 boxes of presidential records to his personal residence in Florida. Those boxes allegedly contained "classified national security information," and official correspondence between Trump and foreign heads of state.

The NARA notified Congress in February that the agency recovered the 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago and "identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes." The matter was referred to the Justice Department by NARA.

FBI WOULD NOT LET TRUMP ATTORNEYS IN ROOMS AS AGENTS RAIDED MAR-A-LAGO, WARRANT FOCUSED ON NARA: SOURCE

Trump, earlier this year, said the National Archives did not "find" the documents, but that they were "given, upon request." Sources close to the former president said he had been cooperating and there was "no need" for the raid.

Classified material that was reportedly confiscated by the FBI during the raid Monday included a letter to Trump from former President Obama, a letter from Kim Jong Un, a birthday dinner menu and a cocktail napkin.

Former President Trump in New York City following the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago home. (Felipe Ramales/Fox News Digital)

Trump's tax returns probe

Then, on Tuesday, a federal appeals court paved the way for the House Ways and Means Committee to finally obtain Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service—something the panel has been trying to obtain since 2019, under a law that permits the disclosure of an individual's tax returns to the congressional committee.

Trump may seek emergency intervention measures from the Supreme Court in an attempt to temporarily block any release of these tax records.

Civil investigation into Trump Organization

On Wednesday, Trump appeared in downtown New York City for his deposition before New York Attorney General Letitia James. James’ office has been conducting a civil investigation into the Trump Organization to find out whether Trump and his company improperly inflated the value of assets on financial statements in order to obtain loans and tax benefits. 

New York state Attorney General Letitia James was present for former President Trump's deposition Wednesday. (Reuters)

"I did nothing wrong, which is why, after five years of looking, the Federal, State and local governments, together with the Fake News Media, have found nothing," Trump said in a statement Wednesday morning.

"The United States Constitution exists for this very purpose, and I will utilize it to the fullest extent to defend myself against this malicious attack by this administration, this Attorney General’s Office, and all other attacks on my family, my business, and our Country."

TRUMP RAID LINKED TO DOJ, NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROBE INTO CLASSIFIED DOCS ALLEGEDLY TAKEN TO MAR-A-LAGO

"I once asked, ‘If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?’ Now I know the answer to that question," he continued. "When your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Fake News Media, you have no choice." 

"If there was any question in my mind, the raid of my home, Mar-a-Lago, on Monday by the FBI, just two days prior to this deposition, wiped out any uncertainty," Trump said. "I have absolutely no choice because the current Administration and many prosecutors in this Country have lost all moral and ethical bounds of decency."

Trump added: "Accordingly, under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution."

A spokesperson for the New York State Attorney General’s Office confirmed that the office conducted Trump’s deposition.

"Attorney General Letitia James took part in the deposition during which Mr. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination," the spokesperson said. "Attorney General James will pursue the facts and the law wherever they may lead."

The spokesperson added: "Our investigation continues."

TRUMP TO BE DEPOSED IN JAMES' INVESTIGATION WEDNESDAY

However, Trump’s Republican allies are seeing a pattern, and encouraging him to continue to fight back.

"Before he's in the White House, they go after him. While he's in the White House, they go after him, and they're continuing to do so now that he's left," the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News. "It actually started before he was even president."

FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe

When Trump took office in January 2017, the FBI was in the middle of conducting a counterintelligence investigation into whether candidate Donald Trump and members of his campaign were colluding or coordinating with Russia to influence the 2016 election. That investigation was referred to inside the bureau as "Crossfire Hurricane," and began on July 31, 2016.

James Comey was fired from his post as FBI director on May 9, 2017, following his handling of the Clinton email probe. (Reuters)

That investigation was opened, despite then-CIA Director John Brennan briefing then-President Obama on July 28, 2016 about a purported proposal from one of Hillary Clinton's campaign foreign policy advisers "to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service."

In September 2016, the CIA properly forwarded that information through a Counterintelligence Operational Lead (CIOL) to then-FBI Director James Comey and then-Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok, with the subject line: "Crossfire Hurricane."

Fox News first obtained and reported on the CIOL, which stated: "The following information is provided for the exclusive use of your bureau for background investigative action or lead purposes as appropriate."

DESPITE ACQUITTAL, DURHAM TRIAL OF SUSSMANN ADDED TO EVIDENCE CLINTON CAMPAIGN PLOTTED TO TIE TRUMP TO RUSSIA

 "An exchange [REDACTED] discussing US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s approval of a plan concerning US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian hackers hampering US elections as a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server," the referral states.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee funded the anti-Trump dossier through law firm Perkins Coie. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

It is unclear how the FBI handled that memo.

Special Counsel John Durham is currently investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe. 

After Trump’s victory and during the presidential transition period, Comey briefed Trump on the now-infamous anti-Trump dossier, containing salacious allegations of purported coordination between Trump and the Russian government. It was authored by Christopher Steele, an ex-British intelligence officer.

Christopher Steele authored the infamous anti-Trump dossier. (Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

The DOJ inspector general later revealed that the unverified dossier helped serve as the basis for controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants obtained against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. 

It is now widely known that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee funded the dossier through the law firm Perkins Coie.

HILLARY CLINTON APPROVED DISSEMINATION OF TRUMP-RUSSIAN BANK ALLEGATIONS TO MEDIA, CAMPAIGN MANAGER TESTIFIES

During the early months of Trump’s administration, Jeff Sessions, who served as attorney general at the time, recused himself from oversight of the FBI’s Russia investigation, due to his involvement with the Trump campaign, per Justice Department regulations. Then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was then tasked with oversight of the investigation.

Trump, in May 2017, fired then-FBI Director James Comey. Comey, during his June 2017 testimony to Congress, said he deliberately leaked a memo from a key meeting with Trump to a friend after he was fired in order to prompt the appointment of a special counsel.

"I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter—I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel," Comey testified.

Mueller's investigation and report

Days after Comey was fired, Rosenstein appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to take over the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe.

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The Mueller investigation clouded the Trump administration for nearly two years.

DECLASSIFIED TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE DOCS TO DATE: WHAT TO KNOW 

Simultaneously, investigations into Trump-Russia allegations were launched on Capitol Hill—in both chambers of Congress.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Intelligence Committee opened investigations into whether Trump and members of his campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential race. 

Neither the House nor Senate investigation found evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia. 

After nearly two years, Mueller’s investigation, which concluded in March 2019, yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel in May 2017 to investigate whether members of the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Mueller, though, did not draw a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice. At the time, then-Attorney General Bill Barr and Rosenstein concluded the evidence from the Mueller case was "not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense."

Once Mueller’s findings were made public, congressional Democrats seized on the issue of obstruction of justice, and began ramping up investigations on matters that spanned from Trump’s personal finances to security clearances for Trump administration officials, all whilst the drumbeat of impeachment built within the House Democratic caucus.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler moves ahead on May 8, 2019, with a vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after last-minute negotiations stalled with the Justice Department over access to the full, un-redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Investigations led by House Democrats

In March 2019, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., announced a wide-ranging probe into almost every aspect of Trump’s administration, business ventures, and family dealings, subpoenaing more than 81 individuals and entities to investigate "alleged obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power by President Trump." 

FLASHBACK: IMPEACHMENT DRUMBEAT BUILDS ON LEFT, AS HOUSE SHIFTS PROBES INTO HIGH GEAR

But Nadler wasn’t alone— a number of other House panels also stepped up inquiries.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee, which was chaired, at the time, by Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., dissolved the panel’s subcommittee on terrorism and re-directed those resources to a subcommittee dedicated, instead, to investigations related to Trump—specifically his relationships and communications with foreign officials, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin.

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel dissolved the panel's subcommittee on terrorism to instead focus on Trump investigations. (AP)

Congressional committees, at the time, were also seeking access to State Department employees and contractors with knowledge of Trump's communications with Putin, including the "linguists, translators, or interpreters" who participated in or listened to Trump-Putin meetings.

FLASHBACK: SCHIFF SAYS THERE IS 'DIRECT EVIDENCE' OF COLLUSION BETWEEN TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who pushed the Trump-Russia collusion narrative for years, in 2019, continued his investigation into the matter, claiming he had evidence of collusion, despite Mueller’s findings.

Rep. Adam Schiff said he was "heartbroken" by Mueller's apparent decline. (Getty Images)

Declassified transcripts from House Intelligence Committee interviews, which Fox News first reported on in 2020, revealed, among other things, that top Obama officials acknowledged they had no "empirical evidence" of collusion or a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election. 

Also in the spring of 2019, the House Ways and Means Committee sued the Trump administration, accusing officials of violating federal law by refusing to comply with the panel’s requests and subpoenas for documents related to Trump’s tax returns.

TRUMP SUES HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, NEW YORK STATE OFFICIALS TO PROTECT HIS TAX RETURNS

The House Oversight Committee, at the time, also subpoenaed Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA LLC for his financial information, including annual statements, periodic financial reports and independent auditor reports from Mazars, as well as all communications with Trump.

Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee also subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and Capital One over Trump’s financial statements.

In the middle of the congressional investigations into his finances, Trump’s business dealings were also being probed in two separate investigations in New York— one by then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and the other by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. opened an investigation into Trump and his family's businesses in 2019. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Trump’s administration was even being investigated by the House Oversight Committee over security clearances given to officials, probing the process that gave clearances to White House staff.

FLASHBACK: DEM-LED HOUSE PANEL LAUNCHES NEW PROBE INTO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SECURITY CLEARANCES

Ukraine call and first impeachment

But everything came to a head in July 2019—Trump had a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

During that call, Trump pressed Zelenskyy to launch investigations into the Biden family’s actions and business dealings in Ukraine—specifically Hunter Biden’s ventures with Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. Hunter Biden, at the time, was, and still is, under federal criminal investigation for his tax affairs, prompted by suspicious foreign transactions.

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The president’s request came after millions in U.S. military aid to Ukraine had been frozen, which Democrats and some witnesses have cited as a quid pro quo arrangement. Democrats also claimed Trump was meddling in the next presidential election by asking a foreign leader to look into a Democratic political opponent.

Then-Vice President-elect Joe Biden with his son Hunter during a re-enactment of the Senate oath ceremony on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Trump’s conversation with Zelenskyy prompted a whistleblower complaint, which led to the House impeachment inquiry, and ultimately, impeachment proceedings in the Senate.

FLASHBACK: IMPEACHMENT NUMBER ONE: SENATE ACQUITS TRUMP ON ABUSE OF POWER, OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS CHARGES

The House voted to impeach Trump in December 2019 on two counts— abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Senate voted for acquittal in February 2020.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 23, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

"At some point, you got to ask, you know, the motive," Jordan said of the investigations. "And the motive is this guy came to town and shook up the place—he changed the clique that exists there in D.C., he took on the clique and the bureaucracy and everything else, and the folks there said, no, we just can't have this, and that's why they go after him so hard."

COVID-19 accusations

Weeks after Trump’s first acquittal, in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world, shutting down the U.S. economy and global markets, with millions of people around the world contracting the novel coronavirus.

Trump was accused, throughout, of not taking the virus seriously. Democratic senators, including now-Vice President Kamala Harris, called for an investigation into the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Democrats also said they would create a 9/11-style commission to probe Trump’s response.

As a senator, Kamala Harris, with Democratic colleagues, demanded an investigation into the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP)

The Trump administration, though, launched Operation Warp Speed—a public-private partnership to create vaccines against the novel coronavirus, as the pandemic raged in 2020. Under his administration, the Food and Drug Administration approved emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. 

FLASHBACK: WARREN, SENATE DEMOCRATS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS

Trump in December 2020 signed an executive order that would ensure all Americans had access to coronavirus vaccines before the U.S. government could begin aiding nations around the world. 

Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops

In another congressional probe, during the pandemic, Trump was hammered by Democrats over when he was briefed, and his response to Moscow, related to intelligence that Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops.

A year later, during the Biden administration, officials admitted that intelligence was unverified.

2020 presidential election

Throughout 2020, Trump was also criticized for questioning the security of the upcoming presidential election, and for repeatedly saying it would be "rigged" due to the pandemic-era process of mail-in ballots.

President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force at the White House, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Biden won the 2020 election, but Trump claimed it was stolen, and his legal team filed a slew of lawsuits in battleground states across the nation.

FLASHBACK: IMPEACHMENT NUMBER TWO: TRUMP ACQUITTED IN SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ON CHARGE OF INCITING JAN. 6 CAPITOL RIOT

January 6 riot and second impeachment

On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters breached the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College results in favor of President Biden. Trump was permanently banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube after the riot.

The House of Representatives then drafted articles of impeachment against him again, and ultimately voted to impeach him on a charge of inciting an insurrection for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot—making him the first and only president to be impeached, and ultimately acquitted, twice in history.

Pro-Trump supporters storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump's legal team denounced the proceedings as an unconstitutional "sham impeachment" against a private citizen, driven by Democrats' "hatred" for Trump and desire to silence a political opponent. 

The Senate voted to acquit, but had Trump been convicted, the Senate would have moved to bar the 45th president from holding federal office ever again, preventing a 2024 White House run.

The Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump during his second impeachment proceedings. 

In Georgia, in early 2021, prosecutors in Fulton County opened a criminal investigation into Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state, including his phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump suggested the Republicans "find" enough votes to change the results. 

And when Trump left office, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol began its probe into the Capitol riot.

JAN. 6 COMMITTEE AIMS TO SHOW 'TRUMP WAS AT THE CENTER' OF PLOT TO OVERTURN ELECTION WITH PRIMETIME HEARING

That committee has spent more than a year investigating, and launched a series of hearings this summer, some during primetime, in an attempt to capture Americans’ attention before the November midterm elections—as they compete with record-high inflation, record-high gas prices, shortages in baby formula, a looming recession, and more for political attention.

Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks, R-Ind., who met with Trump at Bedminster Tuesday evening, reflected on the series of investigations, and said "America has never had a fighter like Donald Trump, and that’s why the American people love him."

The Jan. 6 committee, which includes Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, will air their Thursday hearing during prime time. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters)

"Now, more than ever, we need Donald Trump back in the White House to fight for America," Banks said. "He has taken a beating from the left, from the left-wing media, from the swamp—and each and every time, he gets back up and keeps fighting back and that’s why he enjoys so much support from House Republicans."

Potential Trump 2024 presidential run

Jordan told Fox News that Democrats are "afraid he is going to run again, which I want him to do."

"And he’s going to win," Jordan said. "He’s going to come and continue to shake up the town and stand up for ‘We the People,’ and not the bureaucratic swamp."

GOP REP. BANKS SAYS TRUMP 'FIRED UP' AFTER FBI RAID, 'MADE UP HIS MIND' ON 2024: 'GOING TO LIKE HIS DECISION'

And Banks told Fox News that what happened at Mar-a-Lago "unifies Republicans in our outrage."

Supporters of former President Donald Trump wave flags as they gather outside his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, after it was raided by FBI agents, Aug. 8, 2022. (Reuters/Marco Bello)

"It will only backfire on the left as they see that the American people stand with President Trump," Banks said. "And all of the investigations that have added up over the years--this should not happen in America."

Banks told Fox News that should the Republicans take back the majority in the House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections, Jordan will be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

A man with a Trump 2024 flag is pictured outside Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, following an FBI raid on Donald Trump's private home. (Alon Skuy/Fox News Digital)

"If there has ever been the right guy, in the right place in American politics—it is going to be Jim Jordan chairing the House Judiciary Committee," he said. "Those committee hearings should be on primetime—on live television—for the American people to tune in." 

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He added: "Jordan is going to lead the effort to hold the Justice Department accountable in a way that, right now, they deserve more than ever." 

As for Trump, Banks told Fox News that the former president "has made up his mind" about whether he will run for re-election in 2024—a decision he will make public in "a matter of time."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-targeted-look-investigations-involving-former-president-from-russia-mar-a-lago

[calfoxwc]

let's see, they took boxes, pictures are missing, went through her wardrobe, took a bunch of party invitations or something like that, etc etc etc.

    They said they could go anywhere, take ANYTHING they wanted to.

Would NOT let the lawyer be on the premises while they searched and told her to turn the SECURITY CAMERAS OFF, (they didn't).... would not let her see the search warrant, part of it was sealed.....

  warrant signed off on, by a ONLY MAGISTRATE lower level Obamao favoring, Trump hating judge........

  After all this - I don't doubt one second, after the fbit LIED TO THE FISA COURT before .... and squelched evidence to protect hunter and joe biden, and let higgarly destroy evidence like crazy....

that they will plant something in all that stuff, to "get" Pres Trump.

The "deep state" has all the control in the gov and they demand to keep it by any means necessary.

   This is also a warning to Desantis - if we get Trump, don't EVEN thing about running for president, or we'll do the same thing to you and your family.

 

[TexasAg1969]

Someone has a message for you all on how to get out of the cult. Coffee wakeup time.☕ 

 

 

[Canton Dawg]

10 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Someone has a message for you all on how to get out of the cult. Coffee wakeup time.☕ 

 

 

What? Nothing from Michael Avenetti?

IIRC he CNN’s “go to guy” whenever they needed a Trump hating piece.

Maybe he’s in jail….🤔

[Vambo]

36 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Someone has a message for you all on how to get out of the cult. Coffee wakeup time.☕ 

 

 

Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/29/michael-cohen-making-surprise-court-appearance-in-new-york-1026107

Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Eight Counts, Including Criminal Tax Evasion And Campaign Finance Violations

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax

 

Yes he's trust worthy! 🤣

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

1 hour ago, TexasAg1969 said:

Someone has a message for you all on how to get out of the cult. Coffee wakeup time.☕ 

 

 

Cohen?  You've got to be kidding me.  This guy is a convicted felon and a crook.  Of course, you socialists believe him.  You guys are pitiful.