One explanation is that Trump is used to getting away with everything. So they demand the return of documents, he enters into legal wrangling and that normally goes on for years before eventually everybody gets bored and simply forgets. I doubt he realy thought they would actually come and take them back.
Here's a list of 25 political opponents that he publicly said should be investigated.....
Chickens coming home to a tacky and overpriced roost...
Why should they have to make a request for government documents that should be archived? On top of that, he had a history of destroying documents while in office. This was entirely unacceptable so seems pretty clear that it all needs to be investigated. I'm also pretty doubtful if this actually gains him any followers.
Another person who thinks Trump should have zero consequences for his actions.
Always someone else's fault eh?
"Couldn't possibly be he actually did something wrong."
Are you aware how cultish that sounds?
I think it's a case that if he was traveling at 51mph in a 50 mph zone they be on him, it's clear targeting .
A warrant approved by a judge he appointed and the head of the FBI being his appointment too!
Turncoats, the lot of them eh?
Why can't they look the other way when he was the one that gave them their jobs.
Haven't they ever heard of a quid pro quo?
That's definitely Trumps mindset , but I just can't see the DOJ deciding to raid his house for random vanilla stuff, I really hope that they haven't done that.
I mean if it turns out that the documents were just bland notes from some meeting with a foreign leader (albeit classified) that Trump kept because someone called him awesome in them, it would just massively fuel the "Witch-hunt" narrative.
How do you know that he wasn't requested to return the documents?
Why should he need to be requested in the first place? Once it was known that it was done, lets be generous here, in error, he should have returned them immediately.
What is political about it? Do you think the Dems arranged this? Are maybe De Santis? If you believe that it was political what does that say about Trump's time as POTUS if the very people he put in place were so open to being corrupted?
This doesn't do anything to prevent him from running of course. Only a conviction will do that. So you think they staged a search to make it look like he was guilty, even though they knew he had nothing and that would come out pretty quickly? Seems like a hell of a risk to take for a guy that they beat fairly convincingly last time.
From what I have seen being reported there was a team sent in June to have a meeting in Mar A Largo and they were "allegedly" shown around. During the meeting the Trump team were told to secure documents, they then put a lock on the door.
I would imagine during this there were docs spotted that were designated classified and they requested them to be returned which didn't happen hence this is the next step.
I may be wrong obviously but to say it is a witch hunt etc is a joke. There is a huge amount of whataboutery going on from the GOP
Robert nails it.
they got a search warrant because they have evidence of a crime. should they ignore that because he used to be president?
if they wanted something in particular they only had to make a request for it surely.
are you for real? are you actually that naïve?
"if they wanted something in particular they only had to make a request for it surely"
They subpoena when they believe the party receiving will forward the documents.
Why do you think they didn't subpoena?
I'll give you a hint... It was in the news literally the other day that Trump flushed stuff down the toilet.
If that's the way idiots want to classify things then a lot of older women in the West must be similar to the KKK.
i never knew my granny was a possible suicide bomber.
Interesting point about who was behind the search ...
Stashed in those tartan trolleys they all pull along behind them on their way to the shops..
Never thought I'd see an attempt at deflection from Trump to Leo Varadkar but here we are.
I would say the standard of evidence to raid a residence of a former president is pretty high for a judge to sign off on it etc. If this was Hillary Clinton there would be an extraordinarily different tone from Trump supporters...
What are the odds on..
1) him keeping stuff there because it implicates him in other crimes or..
2) he was keeping the stuff to sell it on
51 in a 50 zone is more like a ‘c’ on an email
its more like 120 in a 50 to have 15 boxes of classified national secret documents in your home.
I'd go for the sell it on option. He flushed stuff down the toilet previously which is likely the option he uses for things that implicate him.
Think of all the visiting Russian adoption advocates
I think 1.
I can’t believe the reaction from the GOP talking heads. He already broke the law with the 15 boxes of documents he had to send back. It’s blindingly obvious he was hiding **** at home.
This must be one of the most deluded posts I’ve read on here in a long time…a very long time.
Dear Lord.
You heard it here first folks, the silent majority, the red wave is coming etc etc
The schadenfreude is better than my coffee this morning,
Guys, why didn't we raid Hillary's home for Hunter's laptop?
The weaponization of the law by Trump appointed FBI chiefs and Trump appointed judges signing off on FBI raids is just truly appalling Jeff, and actually firing ~8,000 agents/yr/10yrs to get the agency out of its 2 year backlog, madness.
The right wing trollosphere is going to be beside itself for a couple days.
More good news for 45....
...
"Dear sir or madam,
Very kindly, please hand over the evidence of a crime next tuesday at 3 PM or at your earliest convenience after 4 PM
All the best,
The FBI"
His 1st sentence is just nonsense and it goes downhill from there.
Didn't raid Hillarys house for the Private Server? - Correct , because she gave it to them.
Didn't raid "somewhere" for Hunters laptop? - Correct , because it was given to the FBI
Didn't investigate the Clinton Foundation? - Well , they kinda did and found nothing.
They really seem to be terrified about the idea of the IRS getting people to pay the taxes that they owe don't they?
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