{"id":1600374,"date":"2022-08-11T07:48:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T11:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1600374"},"modified":"2022-08-11T09:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:02:45","slug":"doj-source-mar-a-lago-raid-a-spectacular-backfire-claims-ag-garland-didnt-approve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-source-mar-a-lago-raid-a-spectacular-backfire-claims-ag-garland-didnt-approve-it\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Source: Mar-a-Lago Raid a \u201cSpectacular Backfire\u201d, Claims AG Garland Didn\u2019t Approve It."},"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%2Fdoj-source-mar-a-lago-raid-a-spectacular-backfire-claims-ag-garland-didnt-approve-it%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=1600374&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><\/div>\n<p>It seems the DOJ has decided to leak an explanation of their decision to use a search warrant in this case. Newsweek just published an exclusive report based on anonymous DOJ sources which claims the FBI had a confidential source at Mar-a-Lago, one who informed them that Trump was hiding documents and even specified where they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-informer-told-fbi-what-docs-trump-was-hiding-where-1732283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could be found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The raid on Mar-a-Lago was based largely on information from an FBI\u00a0confidential 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 senior government officials told\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Before we go any further, remember that the FBI apparently brought along a safe-cracker who opened Trump\u2019s safe. Presumably that suggests they were told by their confidential source that there were documents hidden in the safe. But by all accounts there was nothing in the safe and the FBI didn\u2019t take anything from it. Does that mean the confidential source got it wrong?<\/p>\n<p>The story also says the raid was intentionally timed to occur when Trump would not be there. Apparently the FBI thought this would lower the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-informer-told-fbi-what-docs-trump-was-hiding-where-1732283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profile of the raid<\/a>. But the DOJ source admits this didn\u2019t work as planned. His explanation here is basically <em>we\u2019re not politically corrupt just dumb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FBI decision-makers in Washington and Miami thought that denying the former president a photo opportunity or a platform from which to grandstand (or to attempt to thwart the raid) would lower the profile of the event, says one of the sources, a senior Justice Department official who is a 30-year veteran of the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The effort to keep the raid low-key failed: instead, it prompted a furious response from GOP leaders and Trump supporters. \u201cWhat a spectacular backfire,\u201d says the Justice official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that there is much speculation out there that this is political persecution, but it is really the best and the worst of the bureaucracy in action,\u201d the official says. \u201cThey wanted to punctuate the fact that this was a routine law enforcement action, stripped of any political overtones, and yet [they] got exactly the opposite.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The story also appears to settle some speculation that has been circulating since Monday. According to Newsweek\u2019s sources, this was purely about documents sought by the National Archives and \u201chad nothing to do with the January 6 investigation.\u201d In other words, this wasn\u2019t a 9-dimensional-chess attempt to gather documents about Jan. 6 which could be used for future prosecution. It wasn\u2019t about the specific contents of the documents at all.\u00a0The story also describes a grand jury which concluded several months ago that there was evidence Trump had violated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-informer-told-fbi-what-docs-trump-was-hiding-where-1732283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presidential Records Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In late April, the source says, a federal grand jury began deliberating whether there was a violation of the Presidential Records Act or whether President Trump unlawfully possessed national security information. Through the grand jury process, the National Archives provided federal prosecutors with copies of the documents received from former President Trump in January 2022. The grand jury concluded that there had been a violation of the law, according to the Justice Department source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But it was only a week or so ago that a US attorney decided to go to a Florida judge to seek a search warrant. The judge agreed and the FBI began planning the search for a time when Trump would not be there.\u00a0The story points to the FBI\u2019s focus on a few specific areas as proof they knew where to look. But curiously this story doesn\u2019t mention the June meeting between investigators and Trump\u2019s lawyers when they looked through some of the documents kept in a basement storage room. In other words, the DOJ didn\u2019t need a secret source to know the documents were kept in that particular room because they\u2019d seen them there themselves and, at the time, not taken them.<\/p>\n<p>The story concludes with another big revelation. It claims that AG Merrick Garland was being updated on the National Archives investigation and knew about the grand jury but did not approve the search Monday. Newsweek\u2019s source claims Garland had \u201cno prior knowledge\u201d of the time of the raid. Instead it was FBI Director Christopher Wray who approved the search. Finally, the source adds, \u201cIt really is a case of the Bureau misreading the impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a lot of new information but I think the big take-aways are that this had nothing to do with Jan. 6 and that these DOJ sources are now feeling a lot of pressure, enough that they are a) trying to explain themselves and b) blaming the \u201cspectacular backfire\u201d on the FBI and the US Attorney while trying to insulate AG Garland from the blowback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems the DOJ has decided to leak an explanation of their decision to use a search warrant in this case. 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