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George Rebane

Tonight the FBI raided former President Trump’s Florida residence unannounced.  This is an historical  and unprecedented action which has horrible portents for our republic.  I’ll have more to say about this, and so will RR readers who need a place to record their sentiments as this story develops over the next days.  If there is no smoking gun produced by the DoJ in this case, then we have definitely transitioned into a political thugocracy.

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421 responses to “FBI raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence”

  1. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Barry @ 6:39 am
    When I think back to President Trump’s trip to Helsinki to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, I start to get upset. Back home stateside, former CIA Director John Brennen was yelling out, “Traitor!”, knowing full well it was all bullshit he was spewing. He knew all to well that he was lying and perpetuating the Big Lie. James Clapper joined the chorus of liars, along with former Defense Secretary pink tie Aston Carter, Hillary Clinton, the entire fake news media, and a host of other government partisan expert hacks. All of them joining the chorus and each and every one them knowing full well they were lying to the American public.
    And, of course, there was Punchy, the notorious and habitually proven wrong dipshit having a field day, including quoting Ronald Reagan, lol.
    When I think of that trip….well….it puts everything in perspective. It is all bullshit. But, then again, you cannot shame a sociopath. It was truly all bullshit. Thankfully we have Punchy here to remind us all that it IS all bullshit.
    Have a good day, Barry.

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  2. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    “Under the statutory scheme established by the PRA, the decision to segregate personal materials from Presidential records is made by the President, during the President’s term and in his sole discretion,” Amy Bergman Jackson wrote in Judicial Watch v. NARA. Audio tapes of Clinton were discovered in his sock drawer. Judicial Watch wanted to order NARA to seize the records. The judge said no because obviously Clinton said they were his and he gets to make the call.

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  3. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Do you have a link for your 9:47 Barry

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  4. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Look. It. Up. And. Learn. Something. Yourself.

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  5. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    BT @ 1124 i never got a penny of royalties off those! LOL
    😉

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  6. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Barry
    Why is it so difficult to document your assertions Barry?

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  7. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Lazy ass is as lazy ass does @125
    😉

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  8. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    punchy 125p
    Why are you so bloody helpless with a keyboard and a browser?
    Hint: if you ever read a paragraph that you want to find a link to, clip a sentence or two and paste it into a browser.

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  9. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    Paul. Does it really matter if I provide a link to a case? You won’t listen anyway.
    Buuuutttt. Here you go.
    http://Www.go-fish.com

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  10. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2022-08/memorandum%20opinion.pdf
    Jesus Paul. “Under the statutory scheme established by the PRA, the decision to segregate personal materials from Presidential records is made by the President, during the President’s term and in his sole discretion,” Amy Berman Jackson wrote in Judicial Watch v. NARA. Audio tapes of Clinton were discovered in his sock drawer. Judicial Watch wanted to order NARA to seize the records. The judge said no because obviously Clinton said they were his and he gets to make the call. Period. Full Stop.

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  11. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    I contend it is the responsibility of the poster to provide documentation. That includes me. I usually do. If I don’t let me know.

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  12. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Thanks Barry, I appreciate it.
    I will read your link and get back to you. Probably tomorrow.

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  13. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    This should erase any question as to whether there were Top Secret documents removed from Trumps Mar-a-Lago home:
    “FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home Monday removed 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked as top secret and meant to be only available in special government facilities, according to a search warrant released by a Florida court Friday.
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-recovered-eleven-sets-of-classified-documents-in-trump-search-inventory-shows-11660324501

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  14. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    They were Top Secret at one time. Were they Top Secret after President Trump said they weren’t?
    Play Final Jeopardy! theme.

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  15. psfish Avatar
    psfish

    Posted by: psul “psul falls for it every time” Emery | 26 August 2022 at 12:10 PM
    This should erase any question as to whether there were Top Secret documents removed from Trumps Mar-a-Lago home:

    So delightfully gullible! Promise me you’ll never change!

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  16. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    Is Punchy still beating that dead horse? Enjoying the almost totally redacted unredacted search warrant justication application?
    unbelievable! Glen Beck is back with his chalk board. its still a blackboard to me.
    https://fb.watch/f8SJ1R_jvz/

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  17. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    When did Trump declare them not Top Secret Gregory? Documentation as to a date would be appropriate. When was the de-classification declared”
    Bill
    Even though much was redacted they were classified as Top Secret. Do you think the information should be released to the public and the press should have access to contacts and communications just for a start?

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  18. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    As much as the ponytail of ignorance wishes it was not so a former president is vastly different than anyone else when it comes to his records.
    😉

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  19. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    paul. i was talking a out the expected heavily redacted “unredacted” search warrent. just released.
    Do you realluly think they are going to charge Trump with anything once they get the Crossfire Hurricane files back? Thats what they are after. oh yes, they might drag this out longer than the simple Michael Flynn case which proved General Flynn did not knowingly lie to the FBI…eventually.

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  20. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    What was redacted Bill was described as Top Secret. Details should have been deleted because there could be material that would risk the lives of contacts and agents of our country.

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  21. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    BWWWWWWHHAAAAAAAA! Thats way too funny oh great ponytail of ignorance @139
    😉

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  22. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Punchy just keeps throwing the same punch.

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  23. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Gregory do you actually contend Trump did nothing wrong in relation to taking classified document to Mar-a-Lago and shouldn’t be investigated?

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  24. fish Avatar
    fish

    Punchy just keeps throwing the same punch.
    You think he’d get tired of looking so routinely ridiculous.
    Maybe the only attention he gets is here? Sad!

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  25. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    So, Paul, did you watch a few minutes with Beck? You should. On the eve of the election night in Nov. 2016, Glenn was literally in tears begging his audience to DON’T VOTE for TRUMP. Oh, he was so sincerely, begging, pleading, imploring with man sized tears that it would be a horrible mistake to vote for Trump in 2016. Same with Ben Shapiro, with the emotional drama and Eric Erickson and…. Come on, watch 2-3 minutes of Beck, buddy.
    ——
    Well, it video ain’t your learning style, how about some print? Black and white on the screen:
    ‘FBI warrant for Trump search relied on media reports, like earlier bungled Russia FISA warrants’
    By John Solomon
    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/fbi-warrant-trump-search-relied-media-reports-bungled-russia-fisa
    ———————-
    What the FBI got AFTER Trump turned over boxes. Not on August 8, but months earlier. Hey Paul, the leak from your anonymous sources and the NYT said there were 300 classified docs, not 187….turned over months ago, lol. I guess March and April are technically “before the August 8 RAID.
    ‘DOJ releases affidavit showing FBI collected 184 sensitive documents at Mar-a-Lago before raid’
    https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/justice-department-makes-public-affidavit-led-fbi-raid-trumps-mar-lago-home
    ———-
    Ok Paul Emery, maybe visual aides and reading from text ain’t your learning style. How about I put it in song and we can sing and learn together! Goodie.
    Now sing along with me, Paul.
    Trump the magic dragon lived by the sea
    And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Mar-a-logo
    Little Pauly Punchy loved that rascal Trump
    And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff
    Oh, Trump the magic dragon lived by the sea
    And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Maralargo
    Trump the magic dragon lived by the sea
    And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land off the Florida Keyes
    Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
    Punchy kept a lookout perched on Trump’s gigantic tail
    Noble kings and princes would bow whene’er they came
    Pirate ships would lower their flags when Trump roared out his name
    Oh, Trump the magic dragon lived by the sea
    And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Mar-a-Largo
    Trump the magic dragon lived by the sea
    And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land off the Florida Keyes
    A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
    Painted wings and giant’s rings make way for other toys
    One gray night it happened, Pauly Punchy came no more
    And Trump that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar

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  26. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    153p
    I get it Punch… you can feel it in your bones that finally, the walls are closing in and Trump will be perp-walked somewhere within camera range.
    I sincerely doubt that.

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  27. Donny Jr.'s Bro Freddy Avatar

    I know the white house as well anyone. I know the system. This did not happen without Joe Biden’s explicit approval.
    This is the most famous house on earth and Papa is the most famous man on earth, give me a break!
    We have the tapes. No, not the peepee tapes. but Papa would be willing to trade tapes.
    So what if Papa wanted to keep his love letters from Kim and Vlad. It is a crime to love someone?

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  28. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    So Gregory you are unable to answer the question as to whether Trump should be investigated for illegally possessing top secret documents and evidence should be gathered.

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  29. psfish Avatar
    psfish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 26 August 2022 at 03:21 PM
    Too much time in the hot sun this afternoon?

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  30. psfish Avatar
    psfish

    Posted by: psul “Been is the hot, hot sun for too long this afternoon” Emery | 26 August 2022 at 03:21 PM
    ?????

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  31. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    The RR’s are out of bullets on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago situation. All they have left is silly personal attacks on me which means to me they are conceding. What a hoot-lots of fun. Keep it up…

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  32. fish Avatar
    fish

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 26 August 2022 at 04:56 PM
    You very rarely make sense anymore at all and have become prone to bold unsupported statements, asking questions here that no one could answer given the information available, claiming that we have “conceded” your point when no one has done anything of the sort, and then victory dancing based on nothing whatsoever.
    It would be sad if it wasn’t so entertaining to watch. You claim George is your friend and he very well may be. But if he is your friend he should really be suggesting strongly that you seek some sort of professional help because Paul you really have issues.

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  33. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    One show include Techno Fog in the conversation such as these. Techno Fog is a vary liberal site.
    The Trump Search Warrant Affidavit has been released
    Here it is – with redactions
    https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-trump-search-warrant-affidavit
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    Paul @ 3:21 pm
    Here we go ago again! Yahoo, ride ‘em cowboy. That means you, Rump Ranger. And you too Freddy Krueger, you naughty Colon Cowboy you.
    “So Gregory you are UNABLE to answer the question as to whether Trump trump trump….”
    Wrong take on Gregory, Punch. It is not a question of capability (able/unable), but more of question of desire (willingness) to play with you some more.
    Gregory is perfectly capable of answering your queries, Psul, but he just do not seem to be willing. Maybe, like an artist, he is waiting for the mood to strike.

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  34. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “So Gregory you are unable to answer the question as to whether Trump should be investigated for illegally possessing top secret documents and evidence should be gathered.”
    So Punchy, you should not interpret my decision not to dance for your benefit as being anything other than that I don’t want to play your pointless games.
    You’ve bounced from New Hope to New Hope starting in 2015 through 2022. I really don’t care about Trump or his troubles du jour, whether they’re imaginary or not.

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  35. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Can the ponytail of ignorance provide proof for his 321? Doubt it and if he throws some talking point for lefties like NPR. LOL
    😉

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  36. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    This was my 3:21 Don;
    So Gregory you are unable to answer the question as to whether Trump should be investigated for illegally possessing top secret documents and evidence should be gathered.
    Nothing that needs proof. I am noting that Gregory is unable to answer a simple question.

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  37. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    I am perfectly able to answer a simple question like that, Paul. My answer is fuck you, and the horse you rode in on.

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  38. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    So again, a failure to actually answer a question. ROFLOL
    😉

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  39. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    That was my final answer, Don. Punchy ignored the previous answers.

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  40. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    To clarify i was speaking to the ponytail of ignorance’s 633
    😉

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  41. RT Avatar
    RT

    Legal theory time.
    ‘Can Magistrate Judges Constitutionally Issue Search Warrants Against Trump (Or Anyone Else)?’
    “The Mar-a-Lago search warrant is interesting not only because of the high office of the individual whose papers were seized but also because of the low office of the person who signed it. The warrant illustrates the long-standing constitutional anomaly of letting magistrate judges sign search warrants.
    Leave aside how you feel about the former president. Leave aside what you think of January 6, 2021. Leave aside whether there was a good reason to issue the warrant. A more basic question is whether the Hon. Bruce Reinhart could constitutionally issue it.
    Under the Constitution, a Search Warrant Must Be Signed by a Judge
    The problem is that Reinhart is a so-called magistrate judge. Many commentators have focused on his personal history and political leanings, but much more significant is that he is not really a judge.
    To be precise, he is not a judge of a court of the United States. The judicial power of the United States is vested in its courts. In the exercise of this power, judges of those courts can issue search warrants. But a magistrate judge is just an assistant to a court and its judges. Not being a judge of one of the courts of the United States, he cannot constitutionally exercise the judicial power of the United States. That means he cannot issue a search warrant.”
    https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/26/can-magistrate-judges-constitutionally-issue-search-warrants-against-trump-or-anyone-else/

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  42. fish Avatar
    fish

    That was my final answer, Don. Punchy ignored the previous answers.
    psul didn’t even pose a question as such. As usual he wants an opinion and it’s alway phrased in his patented “gotcha” form….which you think he would have abandoned by now because he never “gets” anybody.
    This appears to be the only way he can argue.
    Makes me wonder just how fucked up his childhood* was.
    (* as I said earlier psul….you have a problem. You should speak to someone about it)

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  43. George Rebane Avatar

    Going with the Left’s ‘our allegations are evidence’ mantra, who has shown evidence that Trump possessed anything illegally at his residence? Isn’t that what the DoJ and FBI are trying to lay on the former president?

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  44. Jose E Koyote’s ACME anvil Avatar
    Jose E Koyote’s ACME anvil

    The Democrats’ evil is a professional entertainer inbred

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  45. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    George
    Is it not factual that they found Top Secret documents?

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  46. fish Avatar
    fish

    Is it not factual that they found Top Secret documents?
    Who told you that…..the compliant legacy media? The same media who regaled us endlessly about pee pee tapes and Russian collusion that all turned out to be false?
    Get back to us after the trial fanboy.

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  47. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Not if they had been presidentially declassified oh great ponytail of ignorance @ 946 which is a well-established practice confirmed by the courts. Oh by the way it is the same clown car of rancid russian dressing fbi team.
    You reek of rancid russian dressing, ewwwww.
    😉

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  48. Bill Tozer Avatar
    Bill Tozer

    The Mar-A-Lago Affidavit Really Does Read As If They Were Confiscating Russiagate Evidence.
    https://raheemkassam.substack.com/p/the-mar-a-lago-affidavit-really-does?
    “Which means this now looks like yet another extreme “CYA” effort on behalf of the DOJ, FBI, and Democratic Party apparatus.
    Russiagate. It always comes back to Russiagate.”
    ————————
    Quote:
    “Remember when Demos tried to impeach Trump, TWICE, for what Biden actually did? Now they want to indict him of what Hillary Clinton actually did.”

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  49. Barry Pruett Avatar
    Barry Pruett

    January 6 didn’t work. On to the new manufactured trump crisis.

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  50. George Rebane Avatar

    PaulE 946pm – that has been leaked. Who do you believe?

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