{"id":1602061,"date":"2022-08-11T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602061"},"modified":"2022-08-11T19:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:19:06","slug":"policy-expert-on-mar-a-lago-raid-rubicon-has-been-crossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/policy-expert-on-mar-a-lago-raid-rubicon-has-been-crossed\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Expert on Mar-a-Lago Raid: \u2018Rubicon Has Been Crossed\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\">18<\/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%2Fpolicy-expert-on-mar-a-lago-raid-rubicon-has-been-crossed%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=1602061&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a>\u2019s raid on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence has crossed the Rubicon with its use of government power against a former president, according to Heritage Foundation expert Cully Stimson.<\/p>\n<p>If left unexplained, this raid may signal the beginning of even more cutthroat uses of government power, Stimson told The Epoch Times and NTD as part of a special report on the raid airing on Friday, Aug. 12, on Epoch TV at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in American history, the Department of Justice executed a search warrant at the home of a former president,\u201d said Stimson. \u201cThere\u2019s no allegation that he has violated the Espionage Act, or [that] he is hoarding secrets to sell to a foreign government or exploit the fruits of his office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 8, FBI agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-fbi-has-raided-mar-a-lago-property-under-siege_4651554.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">raided<\/a> Trump\u2019s Florida home in search of documents. FBI agents didn\u2019t allow Trump\u2019s lawyers to watch the search, and a person close to the Trump family suggests the agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-may-have-planted-listening-devices-during-raid-trump-jr-s-fiancee_4658108.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">placed<\/a> listening devices while conducting the search.<\/p>\n<p>Although the raid is unprecedented, the Department of Justice may still have a good explanation for it, Stimson said. A judge approved the Mar-a-Lago warrant.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s shocking that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland only offered a statement this afternoon, said Stimson.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Stimson_Cully.png\"><\/a> Cully Stimson, a widely-recognized Heritage Foundation expert in national security, homeland security, crime control, drug policy, and immigration. (Courtesy of the Heritage Foundation) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the A.G. should have gone out yesterday and had a presser,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd he should have released the affidavit and, of course, redacted anything he couldn\u2019t put out there yet so that the American people would have more confidence that this Justice Department is on the up-and-up when he took this extraordinary action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Warrant Wanted <\/p>\n<p>In Garland\u2019s Aug. 11\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/attorney-general-garland-makes-a-statement_4655949.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">statement<\/a>, he announced that the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI\u2019s raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence has crossed the Rubicon with its use of government power against a former president, according to Heritage Foundation expert Cully Stimson. 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