{"id":1607427,"date":"2022-08-15T18:25:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1607427"},"modified":"2022-08-15T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:25:14","slug":"fact-check-did-ron-desantis-defend-the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago-on-hannity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ron-desantis-defend-the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago-on-hannity\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Ron DeSantis Defend The FBI\u2019s Search Of Mar-A-Lago On \u2018Hannity\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%2Ffact-check-did-ron-desantis-defend-the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago-on-hannity%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=1607427&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\/2022-07-23T001015Z_810445992_RC2BHV9WYQCV_RTRMADP_3_USA-POLITICS-REPUBLICANS-1-scaled-e1660570354463.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=463545968952107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defending the FBI\u2019s recent search of former President Donald Trump\u2019s Florida residence on \u201cHannity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip is digitally edited. A spokesperson for Fox News denied the clip\u2019s authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI conducted a search of Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Aug. 8, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/08\/11\/garland-trump-mar-a-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>. The raid was reportedly in connection to an investigation by the Justice Department regarding whether the former president improperly removed confidential documents from the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/09\/politics\/doj-investigation-trump-documents-timeline\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>Now, a Facebook video appears to show DeSantis defending the FBI\u2019s search of Mar-a-Lago during a segment on Fox News host Sean Hannity\u2019s show \u201cHannity.\u201d The clip begins with Hannity, guest Lara Trump and DeSantis debating whether \u201craid\u201d is the proper term to use for the operation.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis claims it was not a \u201craid\u201d and goes on to state the operation \u201cserved valid process in accordance with the laws and Constitution of the United States and Florida.\u201d Later in the purported segment, DeSantis accuses Lara Trump and Hannity of \u201ctrying to feed narratives\u201d to the media.<\/p>\n<p>The clip is digitally altered. The actual segment, which aired on Hannity\u2019s show Aug. 9, shows him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=llmrjrqSBFU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">giving his monologue<\/a> about the raid. The clip of DeSantis used in the video is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-54oCqfYDY4?t=27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a> he held in December 2020 in which a reporter questioned the governor about the search of the home of Rebekah Jones, a former state health employee.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was investigated after she allegedly made \u201cunauthorized comments about Florida\u2019s COVID-19 dashboard\u201d in May 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/state\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-spars-with-reporter-over-rebekah-jones-investigation-question-about-fdle-raid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPTV<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/07\/fact-check-trump-desantis-rogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, Donald Trump Did Not Post This Statement Criticizing Ron DeSantis And Joe Rogan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Fox News spokesperson confirmed the clip was not real in an email to Check Your Fact. Hannity also denied the authenticity of the clip, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1558512052553109505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indicating<\/a> that the segment had been edited via his Twitter page.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WARNING IF YOU SEE THIS ON TWITTER IT IS EDITED FAKE NEWS. This never happened!! They spliced in comments the Governor made years ago. Twitter needs to step in and remove this immediately!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hKRa7JuvyO\">https:\/\/t.co\/hKRa7JuvyO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1558512052553109505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first false claim made in relation to the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/08\/12\/fact-check-leaked-call-biden-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim that a call between the head of the FBI and President Joe Biden had been leaked, proving the search was \u201cunlawful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defending the FBI\u2019s recent search of former President Donald Trump\u2019s Florida residence on \u201cHannity.\u201dThe clip is digitally edited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"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-1607427","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\/1607427","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\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607427\/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=1607427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}