{"id":1596692,"date":"2022-08-09T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596692"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:40:20","slug":"it-seems-political-andrew-yang-condemns-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-seems-political-andrew-yang-condemns-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It Seems Political\u2019: Andrew Yang Condemns FBI Raid On Mar-A-Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fit-seems-political-andrew-yang-condemns-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1233564833-scaled-e1660058445936.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang on Tuesday condemned the FBI\u2019s raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced Monday evening that his Florida home had been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/donald-trump-statement-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raided<\/a>, reportedly in connection to an investigation into 15 boxes of classified White House documents that were allegedly transferred to his Florida home.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1556987104219090945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter thread<\/a>, Yang suggested the raid appeared to be \u201cpolitical\u201d in nature and that this would cause the American people to potentially view the nation\u2019s institutions as \u201cunjust.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/lara-trump-mar-a-lago-raid-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Think About What They Could Do To You\u2019: Lara Trump Issues Dire Warning To American Public After Trump Raid)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m no Trump fan. I want him as far away from the White House as possible. But a fundamental part of his appeal has been that it\u2019s him against a corrupt government establishment. This raid strengthens that case for millions of Americans who will see this as unjust persecution,\u201d Yang\u2019s thread opened.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It seems like this was authorized by a local judge and a particular FBI office without buy-in or notification of higher levels of government. But literally no one will believe that or make a distinction. It\u2019s probably bureaucratic but it seems political.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang\ud83e\udde2\u2b06\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1556987742369767429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like this was authorized by a local judge and a particular FBI office without buy-in or notification of higher levels of government. But literally no one will believe that or make a distinction. It\u2019s probably bureaucratic but it seems political,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The former president labeled the raid as \u201cprosecutorial misconduct\u201d and a \u201cweaponization of the Justice System\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1556776806090514433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1556776806090514433%7Ctwgr%5E58e60e91ac36ec5a3ac7cfc21ab7545bf15f7e8a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F08%2F09%2Fkari-lake-fire-federal-government-statement-trump-fbi-raid%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> Monday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump, in a lengthy statement, says the FBI executed a raid on Mar-a-Lago today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x2RwEEEGWD\">pic.twitter.com\/x2RwEEEGWD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1556776806090514433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,\u201d Trump said. \u201cNothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before. After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/garland-doj-kevin-mccarthy-trump-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vowed<\/a> Monday evening Republicans would launch an investigation into the Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland over the raid. Republican Arizona gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/kari-lake-fire-federal-government-statement-trump-fbi-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called for<\/a> \u201cfiring\u201d the federal government in a statement Tuesday morning in regards to the raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang on Tuesday condemned the FBI\u2019s raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence.Trump announced Monday evening that his Florida home had been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1596692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1596692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1596692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1596692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1596692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}