Frank Miele at RealClearPolitics takes another look at the FBI:
Nothing symbolizes the decline of
the American republic better than the weaponization of justice that we saw last
week when the FBI raided the home of former President Trump.
. . .
Don’t believe a word from either
the Washington Post or the FBI. Trump
had been cooperating with the National Archive and had already turned over 15
boxes of documents, all of which he could have made a claim to legally possess.
If they wanted papers turned over, they could have gone through Trump’s
lawyers. No, they wanted the spectacle. They wanted the sizzle. They wanted the
headlines.
This wasn’t about the rule of law;
it was about the rule of the schoolyard. Bullies get what they want through
force and intimidation, and there is no reason for any of us to believe that
the raid had any purpose other than to intimidate Donald Trump into backing
down from his plans to run for president in 2024.
Essentially what the FBI was saying
is “We know where you live, and we aren’t afraid to come for you.” They even
rifled through Melania Trump’s closet, as if she might have been hiding
top-secret documents in her hat box. When do we find out they also spent an
hour sorting through her lingerie?
This is sickening, no matter how
much MSNBC and the Washington Post
want you to think you can still trust the FBI. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool
me twice, shame on me. Fool me over and over and over again, and I must be a
Democrat.
Read the full column here.
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