Court documents reveal that the Biden administration authorized the use of deadly force when the FBI searched former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida as part of a classified records investigation in August 2022. became.
“As we do with all search warrants, the FBI followed standard procedures in this search, including standard policy statements limiting the use of lethal force. No one ordered any additional steps to be taken, and there were no deviations from our norms in this matter,” the FBI told Fox News in a statement on Tuesday.
The “Operation Order,” prepared in discovery as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged improper retention of classified records, states that “the FBI believed that the purpose of the Mar-a-Lago attack was to obtain “classified information.” , NDI, and confidential information.” U.S. Government Records,” the search warrant states.
According to court filings, the order includes a “policy statement” regarding the “use of deadly force,” including, “Department of Justice law enforcement officers will use deadly force when necessary.” It is possible to do so.”
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This view shows the Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach, Florida. (Charles Traynor Jr./Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images/File)
According to the filing, the Justice Department and FBI agents planned to bring “standard issue weapons, ammunition, handcuffs, and medium and large bolt cutters,” but were instructed to wear “unmarked polo shirts or collared shirts” and to “keep their law enforcement gear concealed.”
Trump, who spent another day in a New York City courtroom for his unprecedented criminal trial stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into allegations that he falsified business records, responded to the revelations Tuesday afternoon.
The FBI has been criticized for raiding former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. (Fox News)
“Wow! Just came out of the Biden witch-hunt trial in Manhattan’s ‘Icebox.’ Crooked Joe Biden’s Justice Department fatally injures the FBI in the illegal and unconstitutional attack on Mar-a-Lago.” I was shown a report that said I authorized the use of ‘(deadly) force,”’ Trump posted on his Truth Social. “Now we know for sure that Joe Biden is a serious threat to democracy.”
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President Trump added: “He is mentally unfit to hold office – 25th Amendment!”
Neither the Justice Department nor the FBI immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
This image, included in an Aug. 30, 2022, Justice Department court filing and partially redacted by the FBI, was taken during the FBI’s Aug. 8, 2022, Mar-a-Lago raid on former President Trump. It shows a photo of the seized documents. Florida Real Estate. (Department of Justice, via AP)
Trump was indicted on charges stemming from Smith’s investigation into the possession of classified material. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 37 felony charges stemming from Smith’s investigation, including willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements.
Mr. Trump was also charged with three additional counts, two counts of willful possession of national defense information and two counts of obstruction, as part of a superseding indictment not covered by the investigation.
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Trump begged Not guilty.
The federal judge overseeing the case, Judge Eileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida, has indefinitely postponed the trial stemming from Smith’s lawsuit, which had been scheduled to begin on May 20.
