Something like this raid would have to have been done with the utmost transparency and documentation, as well as objective observers, if it’s done at all. But none of that was present. Here’s today’s news: FBI agents who searched former … Continue reading →
From Newsweek: The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former President Trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, two … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse writes: “We have full access to everything. We can go everywhere.” That was the repeated statement of the 3 DOJ lawyers — who were described as displaying an “arrogant” demeanor — who were present during the Mar-a-Lago raid, … Continue reading →
Two of Trump’s lawyers were busy giving interviews yesterday. Here they are: It seems that these raids were irregular in a number of ways beyond the obvious fact that the target was an ex-president and leading opponent of the current … Continue reading →
Here’s Andrew C. McCarthy on yesterday’s Mar-A-Largo raid: There’s a game prosecutors play. Let’s say I suspect X committed an armed robbery, but I know X is dealing drugs. So, I write a search-warrant application laying out my overwhelming probable … Continue reading →
William Jacobson thinks the goal is to provoke: This is a provocation. They are trying to get a reaction that allows a further crackdown. See, In Re J6. It’s also a provocation to get Trump to declare his candidacy for … Continue reading →
…and have been for some time. Here’s what happened today: Former President Trump on Monday said that his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida is “under siege” by a “large group” of FBI agents. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a … Continue reading →
Andrew C. McCarthy is one of those writers who’s sometimes very very good and sometimes not at all good. You never know exactly which McCarthy is going to turn up, except that he tends to be good on anything to … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This ties in somewhat with the post I just published, about China buying US land.] It was obvious that Europe’s dependence on Russia for energy would be a bad thing. But for some reason it doesn’t seem to have … Continue reading →
They’ve been trying to convict Trump of something for a long long time. So far, no dice. But the thrust of the January 6th hearings was to lay the ground for conviction of a crime later on through the court … Continue reading →
On the one hand, I applaud Krugman and Stephens for admitting they were wrong about something. It’s not easy to do and many many people never do it no matter how many times they’re wrong and no matter how public … Continue reading →
Commenter “JFM” writes: I’m very confused when people on the left start, in all media, talking about Trump as “lawless” and “ripping up the Constitution”. Where did he do that? When did he do this? And commenter “Wendy Laubach” adds: … Continue reading →