{"id":1599213,"date":"2022-08-10T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599213"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:10:32","slug":"hard-to-imagine-tulsi-gabbard-calls-mar-a-lago-raid-a-blatant-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hard-to-imagine-tulsi-gabbard-calls-mar-a-lago-raid-a-blatant-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hard To Imagine\u2019: Tulsi Gabbard Calls Mar-A-Lago Raid A \u2018Blatant Abuse Of Power\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fhard-to-imagine-tulsi-gabbard-calls-mar-a-lago-raid-a-blatant-abuse-of-power%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=1599213&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\/DCNF-Gabbard-Mar-a-Lago-Raid-Featured-e1660149217737.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii criticized the Department of Justice, calling the Monday raid of Mar-a-Lago a \u201cblatant abuse of power\u201d during a Tuesday evening Fox News appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis raid is just the latest serious escalation of this disturbing trend that we have seen of blatant abuse of power by those in power to not only protect their friends but to target their political opponents, or frankly, anyone who dares to dissent or challenge or disagree or even question what this administration is doing,\u201d Gabbard, a former presidential candidate, said about the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/donald-trump-statement-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-florida\/\">raid<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/lara-trump-mar-a-lago-raid-fbi\/\">(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>\u201cAnd there are a number of examples that we can point to, not only abuse of power within the Department of Justice, within the FBI, or law enforcement agencies, but also the Department of Homeland Security and the IRS,\u201d Gabbard told Fox News host Jesse Watters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gabbard cited multiple controversial investigations and allegations of abuses, some of which predated the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook to the FBI investigation of the \u2014 of Trump for the Russia hoax that didn\u2019t turn out to be anything,\u201d she said. \u201cYou look at the IRS and Lois Lerner directly targeting conservative organizations under the Obama administration. You look at this administration\u2019s Department of Homeland Security\u2019s creation of a ministry of truth to go after us, everyday Americans across the country tell us \u2018hey, here is what we say the truth is and is not and what you are allowed to say and what you are not allowed to say.\u2019 It\u2019s hard to imagine, given how blatant all of this is, that this is happening in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Mar-a-Lago Monday in the wake of an investigation into allegations involving classified documents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-fbi-mar-a-lago.html\">according<\/a> to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese things are what happened in banana republics or dictators have federal agencies, including law enforcement, to act as their own personal goon squads and that\u2019s what I\u2019m thinking of as I see this escalating, very dangerous trend and abuse of power by this administration,\u201d Gabbard said.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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