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In the Wake: Ron DeSantis, Kari Lake, Others Respond to Raid on Mar-a-Lago – Epstein Confidant Signed Warrant

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President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago was raided by the FBI on Monday night. According to multiple mainstream media reports, the reason for the raid was that Trump allegedly brought classified information from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.

After the former president announced that his home was raided by the FBI, supporters of former President Donald Trump immediately began gathering outside of Mar-a-Lago. Footage of the crowds arriving circulated on social media, showing supporters honking horns and waving flags in support of the 45th president.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz noted that the raid seemed to be “misconduct.” 

“The raid is supposed to be a last resort. But this administration has used the weaponization of the justice system against its political enemies…This is improper, and this is misconduct.”

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has come to the defense of former President Donald Trump after the FBI raided his Florida Mar-a-Lago home.

“The raid of MAL [Mar-a-Lago] is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves… Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic.”

Rand Paul chimed in as well, saying:

“The @FBI raid on President Trump was approved by Director Wray, who also claimed that the illegal FISA warrants used to spy on Trump were constitutional. Today’s raid is outrageous and unjust, but predictable.”

Candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake also expressed concern over the mass hire at the IRS:

Some Republicans are demanding that FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday to explain the Department of Justice’s actions in raiding former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, noted that the House would be in session on Friday to vote on the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” which passed the Senate on Sunday, that Wray and Garland should use the opportunity to appear before the committee on Friday to explain the extraordinary raid to Congress.

“This Friday, we’re going back to vote on this stupid bill … Merrick Garland, Chris Wray, come to the House Judiciary Committee this Friday and answer our questions about this action today, which has never happened in American history. … Why not talk to President Trump and have him give the information that you’re after? This is unbelievable, and understand the history here: One year ago it was Merrick Garland using the Patriot Act against parents. One day ago, it was 87,000 agents in a bill the Democrats passed to go harass Americans from the IRA. And today, we have the raid of a former president’s home? In America? So — heck, we deserve answers now, and this Friday would be a good time.”

This outcome seems unlikely, as the decision to ask Wray and Garland to testify would be up to committee chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY).

The Gateway Pundit is reporting that it was Judge Bruce E. Reinhart from the Southern District of Florida who reportedly signed off on the warrant to raid President Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago on Monday night. This Judge has represented several of Jeffery Epstein’s employees in connection with the sex trafficking investigation against the financier.

The New York Post reported:

Sources tell The Post that Judge Bruce Reinhart approved the warrant that enabled FBI agents to converge on the palatial South Florida estate on Monday in what Trump called an “unannounced raid on my home.”

Reinhart was elevated to magistrate judge in 2018 after 10 years in private practice.

Months after his appointment, the Miami Herald reported that he had represented several of Epstein’s employees in connection with the sex trafficking investigation against the financier.

According to the paper, Reinhart resigned from the South Florida US Attorney’s Office effective on New Year’s Day 2008 and went to work for Epstein’s workers the following day. In 12 years as a federal prosecutor, according to his official biography, Reinhart “managed a docket that covered the full spectrum of federal crimes, including narcotics, violent crimes, public corruption, financial frauds, child pornography and immigration.”

Despite the raid, President Donald Trump released a new political video early Tuesday morning. You can watch the video HERE.

Whistleblowers Claim FBI, DOJ are Downplaying Negative Hunter Biden Information

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has claimed that “highly credible” whistleblowers are relaying information to him in regards to the FBI and Department of Justice actively trying to downplay the outpouring of negative press towards Hunter Biden.

The ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, through letters reviewed by CBS, wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray claiming that several sources within the FBI have given him evidence of attempts by the Bureau and Department of Justice to downplay, and even outright dismiss, bad press related to the first son. 

According to Grassley:

“The information provided to my office involves concerns about the FBI’s receipt and use of derogatory information relating to Hunter Biden, and the FBI’s false portrayal of acquired evidence as disinformation. The volume and consistency of these allegations substantiate their credibility and necessitate this letter,”

“First, it’s been alleged that the FBI developed information in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s criminal financial and related activity… It is further alleged that in August 2020, FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten opened an assessment which was used by an FBI Headquarters (“FBI HQ”) team to improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease.”

The Iowan senator’s letter also claims that “an avenue of derogatory Hunter Biden reporting was ordered closed” by a senior FBI agent at the bureau’s Washington Field office just one month prior to the 2020 election.

“The allegations provided to my office appear to indicate that there was a scheme in place among certain FBI officials to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation,”

In the CBS report, it was noted that “more than 150 financial transactions involving either Hunter or James Biden’s global business affairs were flagged as concerning by U.S. banks for further review.”

In another letter, this one dated May 31st, Grassley’s accuses one Timothy Thibault, the senior FBI officer at the Washington field office, of potentially violating federal laws, regulations, and Bureau guidelines.

“Whistleblowers have reported to me, that although the FBI and Justice Department maintain policies dictating specific standards requiring substantial factual predication to initiate an investigation, Thibault and other Justice Department and FBI employees failed to comply with these requirements,”

 

“In light of these allegations, I remain very concerned that political bias by a select group of Justice Department and FBI officials has infected the Justice Department’s and FBI’s usual process and procedure to open and pursue high-profile and politically charged investigations,” 

Grassley alleges that Garland and Wray have “systemic and existential problems within” their respective agencies”, and has requested records from the FBI and DOJ with a deadline of August 8th. 

This all comes on the heels of reports that Hunter Biden could be facing potential criminal charges for not registering as a foreign agent while doing business deals abroad. Biden’s now infamous laptop has exposed multiple foreign business schemes the then-Vice President’s son tried to shepherd. Last week The New York Post revealed dozens of sit-downs between Hunter and Joe Biden that were frequently scheduled just days after Hunter visited with foreign officials.

It would seem that not even the FBI and the DOJ can make this information go away, try as they might. 

The Inappropriate Relationship Between the FBI and the Mainstream Media

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 15th, 2022

A report from the Washington Free Beacon has revealed that the FBI’s top national security official had dozens of improper meetings with journalists, something that has historically been seen as “dangerous”.

The FBI Official in question, Michael Steinbach, met regularly with a cadre of select mainstream “reporters” regularly between the years 2014 to 2017. Upon his retirement, Steinbach was granted a cushy position as the head of fraud prevention at Citi, but kept in close contact with the circle of establishment media personnel.

According to an FBI inspector general’s report obtained by the Beacon, Steinbach had “at least 27 in-person meetings with seven media members outside of FBI headquarters” between April 2014 and February 2017. 

The FBI is supposed to prevent its employees from accepting gifts from “prohibited sources”, without prior authorization from the FBI’s Office of Public Affairs (OPA).

In the report, an OPA representative says that Steinbach’s meetings and the events he attended with the press were not approved and would likely not have been approved. “You’re putting people into positions that are untenable. You know, nobody from OPA is there to chaperone. Nobody is there to set the ground rules. You never know what can be said. You don’t know under what conditions it can be said. So it can lead to a lot of problems,” the unidentified OPA officer said.

Unfortunately, the FBI had lost its credibility well before this most recent expose. There is no shortage of instances where the FBI has blatantly violated its sacred duty. 

A few examples worth recalling here include:

  •  Former Director James Comey constantly injected himself into the 2016 election through a ceaseless stream of editorializing his then-ongoing investigation into then-candidate Hillary Clinton.
  • During Robert Mueller’s special investigation, the FBI implausibly claimed it had no idea how requested information on FBI cellphones mysteriously disappeared.
  • Under Comey’s directorship, the FBI submitted inaccurate requests for warrants to a FISA court. FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith forged elements of an affidavit to surveil Trump supporter Carter Page; he later pleaded guilty to a felony.
  • The FBI hired the disreputable ex-British spy Christopher Steele as a contractor while he was peddling his fantasy — the Clinton-bought dossier — to Obama government officials and the media. 
  • Comey flagrantly leaked to the media on many occasions, including confidential memos detailing private meetings with President Donald Trump. 
  • Inspector General Horowitz reviewed 29 random FISA applications and found that the FBI was “not meeting the expectations of its own protocols.”

To learn more about how the FBI has no oversight ensuring that the Bureau operates in the best interest of the American People and not as a personal police force for the corpo/political elite, read our article: No Oversight: Who Does the FBI Really Work For?

Suspected FBI Front Group “Patriot Front” Arrested Outside of Pride Parade in Idaho

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 13th, 2022

31 members of the highly suspicious “Patriot Front” group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene Idaho on Saturday, allegedly en route to disrupt a gay pride event being held in a city park.

The group was picked up on “conspiracy to riot” charges which stemmed from law enforcement penetrating the group chats. Many conservatives view the group with contempt, believing the Patriot Front is an FBI concoction or at the very least heavily influenced by the feds.

The weirdly coordinated group made its debut back in December after conducting a march through DC. The band of white males dress awfully similar to FBI personnel in khaki pants with blue tops and tend to be in better shape than the average American male. 


The group came out of nowhere and immediately drew scrutiny. Right Angle’s Bill Whittle and Steve Green were among the first to talk about the group and their strange display.

Even Joe Rogan called out the group for looking suspiciously fed-like:

The group has also appeared outside of several Donald Trump rallies, mask-clad and brandishing upside-down American Flags (Two things decried by most patriots).

And now we have this, conspiracy to riot.

Independent reporter Alissa Azar posted videos from the scene:

As per Alissa Azar:

“and then there were none. I need to cool down then I’ll post some more footage. got images of almost all their faces. cops said that they got arrested because of the feds in their group chats. all charged with conspiracy to riot. a helicopter followed before they got pulled over”

Law enforcement has claimed that they were tipped off via a chatroom that they had personnel embedded in, similar to a story we reported on recently about the FED who knew the Buffalo shooter was going to act through a similar chatroom. Unlike the Buffalo shooting,  a bunch of idiots in masks was actually worth their time.

FBI Says That it “Will Not Tolerate Violence” Ahead of SCOTUS Decision on Roe v Wade

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 12th, 2022

This week the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a strong warning that it would work to prosecute any acts of violence that may occur in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v Wade, which is set to take place later this month.

File this under “Things nobody believes” alongside the mostly peaceful protests of 2020.

In a joint statement with U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, Steven M. D’Antuono of the FBI’s Washington Field Office said that the two agencies are:

 “committed to protecting the First Amendment rights of all Americans to express their views peacefully during demonstrations that take place on a regular basis in the nation’s capital, including at the Supreme Court.”

“We also have a responsibility to ensure public safety and the orderly conduct of government business. We will not tolerate violence, destruction, interference with government functions, or trespassing on government property. We are committed to working closely with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to stop any individuals who intend to commit violence or criminal activity under the guise of carrying out a demonstration.”

The statement comes as tensions over abortion rights are reaching a boiling point after an unprecedented security breach of the Supreme Court ignited a fiery backlash. 

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling later this month that will overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that nationalized abortion rights in the United States.

Activists have in recent weeks been taking protests to the homes of Supreme Court justices; the controversy reached a grim crescendo this week when an individual was reportedly arrested en route to assassinate the Trump-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.