Donald Trump to sue the Justice Department for $100 million in damages over raid on his Mar-a-Lago over “clear intent to engage in political persecution”
The Biden White House—including his general counsel and chief of staff—colluded with NARA officials to first concoct a records destruction case then move to classified docs case after Trump produced 15 boxes to NARA in Jan 2022.
Biden’s DOJ took it from there, advising NARA how to draft its first ever and only criminal referral to Merrick Garland. (NARA counsel Gary Stern had already drafted a criminal referral for alleged docs destruction in summer 2021)
Despite Trump’s cooperation with FBI and DOJ including Jay Bratt—who visited MAL in June 2022 with Trump’s consent—and over objections of FBI WFO chief Steve D’Antuono, FBI brass authorized the armed raid.
Evidence disclosed during FLA proceedings showed agents were not informed of the scope of the warrant and violated the terms during the 9-hour raid.
Agents took personal items and on at least 3 occasions the “filter team” passed privileged records to the investigative team.
They doctored evidence for media purposes during raid then mishandled and possibly misplaced files afterwards.
And the upside to this lawsuit is it will be handled in FLA not the sinkhole of DC federal courthouse
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