The Biden administration authorized the use of deadly force during the FBI’s raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in August 2022 as part of its investigation into classified records, court documents revealed.
An "Operations Order" produced in discovery as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s alleged improper retention of classified records revealed that the "FBI believed its objective for the Mar-a-Lago raid was to seize ‘classified information, NDI, and US Government records,’" as described in the search warrant.
The order, according to a court filing, contained a "Policy Statement" regarding "Use of Deadly Force," which stated, for example, "Law Enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary."
According to the filing, the DOJ and FBI agents "planned to bring ‘Standard Issue Weapons,' ‘Ammo,’ ‘Handcuffs,’ and ‘medium and large sized bolt cutters,’ but they were instructed to wear ‘unmarked polo or collared shirts’ and to keep ‘law enforcement equipment concealed."
Trump, who spent another day in a New York City courtroom for his unprecedented criminal trial stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into Trump allegedly falsifying business records, reacted to the revelations Tuesday afternoon.
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The Biden DOJ and FBI were planning to assassinate Pres Trump and gave the green light.
Does everyone get it yet???!!!
What are Republicans going to do about it?
@RelievedWhitingDemocrat2yrs2Y
A) Trump wasn't there, you enfeebled imbecile
B) these rules apply to every FBI search. Every one
C) your damaged brain, your inability to recognize your own evil and the bull **** you spew are going to get somebody else hurt or killed
@VibrantMooseRepublican2yrs2Y
He’s not dead. If they wanted him dead, he’d be dead
@PupMadelineDemocrat2yrs2Y
Sometimes to save Democracy you have to take out your political opponent.
That’s a standard FBI order. It’s a pre-written form that they plug the names into. It’s not like someone specifically authorized deadly force against Trump, but the FBI always has the right to use deadly force IF necessary, just like the cops do.
@HarmoniousImpalaPatriot2yrs2Y
Joe Biden deserves to sit in a prison cell for what he has done
Invoke the 25th
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