DOJ and FBI clashed over August 2022 plans to raid Mar-a-Lago in search of suspicious classified files
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DOJ and FBI clash over August 2022 plans to raid Mar-a-Lago in search of suspicious classified files – Report
DOJ and FBI clash over August 2022 plans to raid Mar-a-Lago in search of suspicious classified files – Report
A report in US media on Wednesday alleges that a small group of FBI agents opposed the US Department of Justice’s plan to launch an unannounced raid on Mar-a-Lago, the private estate of the former US President Donald Trump last August, believing he could trust Trump’s lawyer. , former federal prosecutor.
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According to the report, their differences began to surface in May 2022, several months after the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) asked the DOJ to see if Trump had more classified documents from his administration than he did. he missed him. Presidents leaving the White House are supposed to turn over their records to NARA, and the agency had already hounded Trump for months to return the missing records, after which he sent the agency 15 boxes of documents in January. 2022. But when you hit a king, you gotta kill him, as the saying goes, and the DOJ had to be absolutely sure that whatever decision was made against Trump, the bureau would be beyond reproach. This is where the differences arose: A group of FBI officials opposed the DOJ’s plan to launch an unannounced raid on Mar-a-Lago, believing that negotiating with Trump could get them what they wanted. they wanted without the hassle of an operation. According to the report, the dissident agents erased the works from June; the raid was launched on August 8. While some agents wanted to close shop at the time, others thought greater diligence was needed and sought to verify Corcoran’s claim by conducting more interviews and obtaining surveillance footage of the estate. . That evidence showed aides moving around in boxes identical to those used to deliver the requested files to NARA in January — which the DOJ took as hard evidence that more files were still there. The report says some officers were hit with “Crossfire’s hangover.” Hurricane,” a 2016 operation to monitor then-candidate Trump’s presidential campaign over fears he was in contact with the Russian government. After Trump became president, this operation backfired on the bureau, tarnishing his reputation and ruining the careers of several FBI agents involved. They worried about the damage it would do to them if the home of a former president was raided by agents wearing FBI jackets. As a result of the search, the FBI found more than 100 classified documents, including 18 that were top secret and seasoned. national security investigators didn’t even have the clearance to see them, because they needed cabinet-level approval. They would have included documents on Iran’s nuclear program and on China. The warrant cited several lines of US federal law, including the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Mishandling of Records and Obstruction of Justice Acts. However, no charges have yet been filed, although work is underway, with Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing a new lawyer to continue to do so in November.
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According to the report, their differences began to surface in May 2022, several months after the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) asked the DOJ to see if Trump had more classified documents from his administration than he did. he missed him.
Presidents leaving the White House are supposed to turn over their records to NARA, and the agency had already hounded Trump for months to return the missing records, after which he sent the agency 15 boxes of documents in January. 2022.
However, NARA suspected the 184 classified documents in these 15 boxes were not all, and in May, the FBI was reasonably certain they were right.
But when you hit a king, you gotta kill him, as the saying goes, and the DOJ had to be absolutely sure that whatever course it took against Trump, the bureau would be beyond reproach. This is where the differences appeared: a group of FBI officials opposed the DOJ’s plan to launch an unannounced raid on Mar-a-Lago, believing that negotiating with Trump could allow them to get what they wanted without the hassle of an operation.
According to the report, the dissident agents erased the works from June; the raid was launched on August 8.
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FBI agents viewed a search of the estate as premature and combative, prompting the DOJ’s lead prosecutor to take a different route and subpoena Trump for classified records. This led to a meeting with Trump’s attorney, Evan Corcoran, who in June provided them with 38 more files and a letter signed by another Trump attorney, Christina Bobb, stating that the premises had been searched by them and that no others had been found.
While some agents wanted to close shop at this time, others thought greater diligence was needed and sought to verify Corcoran’s claim by conduct more interviews and obtain domain surveillance images. That evidence showed aides moving around in boxes identical to those used to deliver the requested files to NARA in January — which the DOJ took as hard evidence that more files were still there.
Still, it took several more weeks for the raid to continue. In a heated meeting at the FBI offices in Washington, D.C., DOJ officials produced a draft search warrant and argued that the FBI had no choice but to carry out the raid, as it offered the best chance of getting hold of all the missing files. Steven M. D’Antuono, then head of the FBI’s field office in Washington, reportedly refused to do so unless ordered.
The report said some officers were hit with “the hangover of Hurricane Crossfirea 2016 operation to monitor then-candidate Trump’s presidential campaign over concerns that he was in touch with the Russian government. After Trump became president, this operation backfired on the bureau, tarnishing his reputation and ruining the careers of several FBI agents involved. They worried about the damage it would do to them if the home of a former president was raided by agents wearing FBI jackets.
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However, the other side was more concerned about the damage it could cause to the national security of the United States if the files were not recovered while they could still be recovered, and decided that it would have a worse impact on the office if they did not act. Their arguments prevailed and the a raid has been carried out August 8.
Following the raid, the FBI found more than 100 classified files, 18 of them were so top secret that seasoned national security investigators didn’t even have the necessary clearance to see them because they required cabinet approval. They would have included documents on Iran’s nuclear program and on China.
The warrant cited several lines of US federal law, including the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Mishandling of Records and Obstruction of Justice Acts. However, no charges have yet been filed, although work is underway, with Attorney General Merrick Garland appoint a new board continue to do so in November.
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