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South Carolina Senator Tim Scott on Mark Levin's radio show Monday night:

 

"Biden is dividing our country and the DOJ seems to be reinforcing that division through their actions… That is very dangerous to the everyday person walking on the streets of America."

 

"We must have 100% confidence and trust in our justice system," the Republican senator added. "And if they can target a former president, you know, they could target me and you."

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Sean Hannity questions whether there is equal justice under the law and equal application of our laws, pointing out specific instances of powerful Democrats who have been treated differently by the DOJ and FBI.

 

Hannity also revealed that one source said the FBI was "not being judicious about what they took during the search."

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-question-need-raid-trumps-mar-a-lago-estate

 

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Some experts told Fox News Digital the basis for the raid, which centers on Trump's purported failure to hand over potentially classified documents to the National Archives, is unprecedented. 

 

The Presidential Records Act of 1978 and other federal laws bar the removal of classified documents from unauthorized locations.

 

The Presidential Records Act is not commonly a subject of criminal prosecution, even in the most egregious cases.

 

For months, the National Archives has sought to obtain documents pertaining to Trump's White House tenure from Mar-a-Lago. 

 

FBI agents likely seized documents without inquiring if they were classified, declassified, or personal to Trump.

 

The Justice Department had no right to seize them indiscriminately because some may not be classified and others may be classified above their level. There are things that have been declassified by the president, which the Justice Department doesn't know about.

 

Since Trump had handed over documents to the National Archives in the past, experts say the federal government should have simply subpoenaed the records as required. Instead, they claim the Justice Department has now created a situation where everything seized by the FBI will have to be reviewed by both sides to ensure Trump's privacy is not invaded.

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Some reactions from state leaders:

 

Future AZ Governor Kari Lake:

SD Governor Kristi Noem:

 

 

 

FL Governor Ron DeSantis:

 

TX Governor Greg Abbott:

 

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The strongest response so far came from Kari Lake. She presented a course of action to counter the federal government's overreach.

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Some people are probably cheering with the WH staff about the raid. 

 

 

They probably should pace themselves though, they might have to cheer harder later.

 

 

 

But surely he's overreacting, right? /

 

 

 

 

Look to the States to save the country?

 

 

 

 

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Reactions from around the country on the FBI raid of Mar A Lago, updated at Must Read Alaska as they arrive.

https://mustreadalaska.com/dunleavy-other-leader-react-to-fbi-raid-on-trumps-house

 

Thanks for posting that. Some people are watching the reactions of so-called "leaders" and this raid is another situation that could expose some politicians' true colors, convictions and allegiances.

 

The raid does not surprise me, nor the reactions (or lack thereof) by some politicians. 

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Thanks for posting that. Some people are watching the reactions of so-called "leaders" and this raid is another situation that could expose some politicians' true colors, convictions and allegiances.

 

The raid does not surprise me, nor the reactions of some politicians. 

I agree. Some prominent people that I expected to tweet about it haven't yet. Incidentally, Must Read Alaska seems to have stopped updating the article.

 

They didn't include Missouri's attorney general, who won the Republican primary for US Senate on August 2.

 

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https://www.dailywire.com/news/dershowitz-reacts-to-fbi-raid-at-mar-a-lago-biden-administration-has-weaponized-justice-system

 

Alan Dershowitz is a successful lawyer with high-profile and celebrity clients. He's also an author and a Democrat. He said:

 

Unless there is evidence that we’re not aware of, this is improper, and it is misconduct.

 

Again, the law is clear: You don’t engage in a raid unless you’ve exhausted all of the other remedies, unless you believe that the person you raided will destroy the evidence. Raids are not a first recourse in America; they’re a last recourse.

 

Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican; whether you come from New York or the middle of the country, you should be frightened by efforts to try to create crimes out of nothing.

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I will tell you this. If this happened to an opponent of Trump, neither he nor his base following would give two f*cks about it. Probably wouldn’t even have to be an opponent. Could be Mitch McConnell or someone like that. They would cheer it on. 

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This article indicates National Archives and Records Administration contacted the Department of Justice because boxes recovered from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year included classified information. As we saw with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails, determining whether something should be "classified" is a complicated issue.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clinton-linked-lawyer-says-trump-could-be-barred-reelection-after-fbi-raid-cites-us-code

 

Marc Elias, a lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, said U.S. Code Title 18, Section 2071 states, "Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States." He added, "Yes, I recognize the legal challenge that application of this law to a president would garner (since qualifications are set in Constitution)."

 

This could be problematic for Trump. Federal law has strict guidelines about the preservation of public records—both for historical purposes and for Freedom of Information Act purposes. The Federal Records Act of 1950 governs federal records management and requires each federal agency to cooperate with the National Archives and Records Administration. The Presidential Records Act of 1978 governs the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents. It changed the legal ownership of the official records of the President from private to public. The records automatically transfer into the legal custody of the National Archives when the President leaves office. In November 2014, the modernized Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 was signed into law by President Obama. It grants the Archivist of the United States final determination as to what constitutes a federal record and empowers the National Archives to safeguard original and classified records from unauthorized removal.

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