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Speculation on the FBI Warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Residence [1]

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Date: 2022-08-10

Police direct traffic around Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence after the FBI raid.

Appears that the gloves have finally come off and Trump faces his greatest legal jeopardy since leaving the White House. So may some other Republican office holders, depending on what was found.

I suspect that the Justice Department and FBI may have known that multiple classified documents that should never have been taken in the first place were not returned as requested by the National Archives earlier this year. But they had to be dead sure of this if they were going to authorize a search warrant on a former president’s home to recover them. This actually was the third time Trump’s lair was visited over his taking of classified documents, but the first under warrant.

To get the warrant, the FBI had to convince a judge that there was a substantial possibility that evidence of a crime was within the Mar-a-Lago residence. You have to ask yourself why Trump would take such a chance? His humongous arrogance and limitless narcissism along with a belief that he was untouchable first comes to mind. But I’m leaning towards much more sinister motivations and a need to cover his tracks.

Trump’s Putin Connections

Trump’s connections to Putin are no secret.

Many suspect that Trump’s connections to Putin are more than based on his obvious fascinations with authoritarian dictators. It’s not conspiracy theory territory to suggest that he has been compromised in some fashion by Putin. He has gone out of his way to both defend him and his aggression against Ukraine, as have more than a few Republican members of Congress under his thumb. This is hardly a secret and has been done in plain sight.

There would be no valid reason for removing classified documents and not returning them after being legally ordered to except to cover up certain events or conversations that took place or to make copies to distribute to unauthorized sources.

Earlier this year Trump had 15 boxes of documents that were improperly taken from the White House, the National Archives and Records Administration seized. It appears that as many as 10 had not been returned and were seized by the FBI. You would think that documents he wanted not to be uncovered/returned to the Archives would have been destroyed, since he had them in his possession for some time. He might have feared that it could be proven that he had destroyed some documents or was caught by surprise and never thought they’d move against him with a warrant. Which leaves a much more nefarious possibility as to their nature and use.

Incriminating Evidence on the January 6th Coup?

Is evidence of conspiracy on the coup among the documents removed?

The possibilities of which documents and communications were held back are endless. They could date back to his alleged blackmailing of President Zelensky of Ukraine or even January 6th and could even contain evidence of espionage and treason. I don’t believe the unprecedented warrant to search Mar-a-Logo was a fishing exhibition. Or an attempt to uncover Mickey Mouse violations.

I am not the only one who suspects the worst about Trump, that he is a Manchurian candidate of sorts, whether he realizes it or not, and has a working relationship with Putin, who has played him like a fiddle.

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