{"id":1608003,"date":"2022-08-16T08:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1608003"},"modified":"2022-08-16T08:19:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:19:57","slug":"scott-morefield-the-fbi-is-already-interfering-in-the-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-morefield-the-fbi-is-already-interfering-in-the-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Morefield: The FBI Is Already Interfering In The 2024 Election"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fscott-morefield-the-fbi-is-already-interfering-in-the-2024-election%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=1608003&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 id=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"contributor-img pull-left\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/scottmorefield\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scott Morefield\" class=\"img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/media.townhall.com\/townhall\/reu\/contributor-sm\/authorimages\/\/8d252c33-7e41-4be8-954f-3f2385c21c38.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>|<\/p>\n<p>Posted: Aug 15, 2022 12:01 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p><em>The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left aside-wrapper aside-wrapper-950\">\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-A-Lago estate last week shocked the nation in ways we\u2019ve never seen in our history. Although the rhetoric from both sides has been leaning in that direction for several years, never before has one political side actually taken concrete law enforcement action fueled by what seems to be purely political motives against a leader of another side. It\u2019s unprecedented, and reminiscent of old-school Soviet tactics that would seem better at home in communist China or a tin-pot third world \u201crepublic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Like the precedent set by old Soviet NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria (\u201cShow me the man and I\u2019ll show you the crime.\u201d), this clearly seems to be an investigation in search of a crime, a tactic that, until recent times, has been anathema to every value we hold as Americans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re told the raid resulted from an impasse between the Trump team and the National Archives over the purported removal of classified documents, even though the president himself supposedly has full power to determine what is classified and what isn\u2019t. So, given that the established reason is clearly based on a false premise, how could this be anything else but a fishing expedition?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Key is the fact that the FBI now has in its hands thousands upon thousands of documents it can now rifle through at the leisure of anti-Trump agents just itching to find something to stick on the former president. Sure, on the surface they\u2019ll be looking for \u201cclassified\u201d documents, apparently, but if you think as they\u2019re looking through documents they won\u2019t be looking for \u201ccrimes\u201d too, you were probably born yesterday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So obviously, there\u2019s more to what we\u2019ve been told. As agents rifle through these documents, they\u2019ll clearly be looking for a violation of the thousands upon thousands of pages of federal laws that no single individual or even legal team can possibly keep up and comply with. It\u2019s\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent\/dp\/1594035229\/ref%3Dsr_1_1?s%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1435681694%26sr%3D1-1%26keywords%3Dthree%2Bfelonies%2Ba%2Bday&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1660591470769000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2VjWEsICZJgrGnMaPW4MU2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent\/dp\/1594035229\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1435681694&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=three+felonies+a+day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been written<\/a> that all of us are in violation of some sort of law that would make us a felon if the right person found the right piece of evidence at the wrong time. Millions probably break laws every day without even knowing it or intending to do so. Such are the consequences of a system that churns out more laws than anyone can keep up with, then selectively enforces those laws on the political enemies of those in power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As such, any significant businessperson, particularly any billionaire, is bound to be \u2018guilty\u2019 of \u2018something.\u2019 Do I think agents in Florida or New York or any of the countless other place they are investigating Donald Trump are bound to find something he is \u2018guilty\u2019 of doing if they only look hard enough? I\u2019d say the odds favor exactly that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Of course, there is also the possibility that the regime intends to use those documents, not necessarily as a means to actually prosecute Trump and obtain a conviction, but as a way to \u2018drip drip drip\u2019 controversies through any potential Trump 2024 campaign. It really depends on if the strategy is to pin the ex-president with a felony to keep him from being able to run altogether or to permanently wound him so he has a difficult chance against the Democratic nominee.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We may not know what their intentions are yet, but two things are certain: Democrats don\u2019t give two craps about the \u2018rule of law,\u2019 and they intend to remain in power at all costs. That means defeating whoever the GOP nominates for 2024, be it Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, or anyone else, by any means necessary. And the FBI, as a Regime apparatchik, is doubtless fully on board to play ball.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If there is no criminal indictment against Trump, it could be precisely because Democrats WANT to face him in 2024. Even if it means he possibly could win, they likely believe their chances are better than they would be against someone &#8211; like DeSantis &#8211; with Trump\u2019s policies but far less baggage. If Democrats wanted to ensure that the former president receives the GOP nomination but is harmed in a general election, raiding his house, but not delivering an actual indictment, could be the way to go. On the other hand, if they are terrified of even the slimmest chance of a Trump general election victory and see it as far worse than any other GOP candidate winning, they could look to permanently end his chances.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/scottmorefield\/2021\/05\/10\/for-the-good-of-the-country-donald-trump-should-pass-the-torch-n2589185&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1660591470769000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3-GNNA0uBQn2d8q-_xv4Jw\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/scottmorefield\/2021\/05\/10\/for-the-good-of-the-country-donald-trump-should-pass-the-torch-n2589185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written before<\/a> that I think Trump should step down for a younger, more viable candidate with fewer negatives. He\u2019s done amazing things for this country and he deserves a happy retirement and to be left alone. Like it or not, this action by the Justice Department makes that possibility far less likely. So unless they go after and get some sort of felony conviction, expect another Trump run. Where things go from there it\u2019s impossible to predict, but one thing is for certain &#8211; it won\u2019t be boring!<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Scott on <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/SKMorefield&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1660591470769000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0P531n3YjE4MN5XsZORf-l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SKMorefield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<\/em><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@scottmorefield&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1660591470769000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3Lv58EXHYKuOLqoYiU9Hq9\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@scottmorefield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Truth Social<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| Posted: Aug 15, 2022 12:01 AM  The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1608003","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\/1608003","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608003\/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=1608003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}