The FBI discovered highly sensitive government documents during a search of Donald Trump’s private property Mar-a-Lago in Florida. A clear violation of the law. But his supporters are taking action against the justice minister.
According to the US Department of Justice, the FBI investigators secured secret and highly sensitive documents during the raid in Mar-a-Lago. Ex-President Donald Trump apparently had the documents taken to his private estate in southern Florida after the end of his term in office, according to the allegation. There is talk of a violation of the espionage law; Trump is likely to face charges. But his followers want nothing to do with it. They flock to their ex-president and attack the justice minister.
Arch-conservative Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who openly supports conspiracy groups like QAnon, even launched an impeachment trial against Attorney General and Attorney General Merrick Garland. He informed on Friday that he had “personally” applied for the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. Exactly, Taylor Greene now cited in her resolution as the reason for impeachment proceedings. She argues that the Attorney General’s “personal authorization to seek a search warrant to raid the home of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, constitutes a blatant attempt to prosecute a political opponent.” The FBI raid – the first in US history of an ex-president’s private residence – had been approved by a federal judge.
Accusation: Donald Trump should not be allowed to exercise “his office”.
The rule of law was thus followed. Nevertheless, Taylor Greene and several other Republican politicians speak of abuse of the institutions and political persecution. “Merrick Garland has abused his position of power as Attorney General to politically prosecute the enemies of Joe Biden. And the whole purpose of this is to prevent President Trump from ever holding office,” said the 48-year-old journalist in the capital on the steps of the Capitol last Friday. “We cannot tolerate that in America,” said the representative in the House of Representatives.
The right-wing conservative politician from Georgia is by no means alone in her stance. Jim Banks of Indiana, who is among the members of the House of Representatives who wanted to officially challenge the election of Joe Biden on charges of voter fraud, criticized that Attorney General Garland was withholding and channeling information. “The fact that Merrick Garland is selectively working through the media rather than releasing more details makes this all very lazy again,” Banks said. “There is so much the American people deserve to know that we don’t.”
“No need to send armed FBI agents to Mar-a-Lago”
Texas MP Dan Crenshaw accused Garland of being unnecessarily “aggressive” against Trump. “People are rightly upset by the precedent this is setting [erste Durchsuchung einer privaten Wohnung eines Ex-Präsidenten, Anm.d. Red.]. It seems most unnecessary to send armed FBI agents to Mar-a-Lago when he [Garland] could have simply subpoenaed these documents. He supposedly knew they were there. [Trump] was already cooperative…on other documents,” Crenshaw said. Earlier this year, Trump gave the National Archives 15 boxes of documents and other materials.
Several sensitive investigations are currently underway against Donald Trump. In addition to the accusation of violating the Espionage Act by illegally “carrying” highly sensitive files from the White House, he and his company are being investigated for shady business practices. When questioned under oath, Trump refused to testify for hours last Thursday (local time). A parliamentary committee of inquiry has recently gathered intensive evidence of Trump’s alleged responsibility for the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, which left five dead and many injured. In this case, too, the ex-president could face charges.
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