Trump, not Merrick Garland, is playing a dangerous game in the FBI investigation


Who is playing the really dangerous political game?

Mr. Trump and his supporters have taken to arms, accusing the FBI of targeting him simply because they don’t like him.

How quickly they forgot, or conveniently continue to ignore, that Trump fired his FBI Director, James Comey. refused to pledge allegiance to him And it did not allow Trump to use government agencies to go after his political rivals.

did they forget how Trump agreed to chants to ‘lock her up’Are you referring to imprisoning 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton?

Did they forget that Trump urged mobs of armed believers to march to the US Capitol so he could overturn the 2020 election results and stay in power?

Have they forgotten all the lies and investigations into his private business practices?

this is just an attempt at diversion

Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower in New York City on August 10, 2022.

Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower in New York City on August 10, 2022.

Of course not.

Their outrage over the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home is nothing more than a choreographed excuse to keep his supporters on board and distract everyone else from Trump’s own lies and deceit.

Another way of looking at it: Merrick Garland is playing politics in the FBI raid

The FBI executed a legitimate search warrant after months of trying to obtain the documents through what Attorney General Merrick Garland called “out of the way.”

“The department does not take such decisions lightly,” Garland said at a news conference Thursday. is standard practice.”

Garland kept the search secret until Trump himself told the world about it.

Trump Must Tell the Truth (Not That He Will)

federal judge opened the writ It notes that various confidential and classified documents were recovered on Friday. This is part of an investigation into whether the former president violated three of his federal laws. Deleting or destroying records, obstructing investigations, violating espionage laws.

Trump probably had a copy of the warrant and details of the investigation. why not publish everything yourself?

According to media reports, the agent looking for nuclear documents and other items.

Trump has to know if that’s true. Why don’t you tell the public the truth?

Either the former president can’t do it, or he willfully smears the FBI and further undermines trust in America’s legal system, or both. And his people still love him.

Who is playing the really dangerous political game?

Elvia Díaz is an editorial page editor for The Republic and azcentral. Contact her at 602-444-8606 or her [email protected] Follow her on her Twitter, @elviadiaz1.

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This article originally appeared in the Republic of Arizona. Trump is playing a dangerous game in the FBI raid