(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump reacted to the FBI’s release of a heavily redacted affidavit in a series of posts and statements.
Among them was a photo sent from his Save America PAC that appeared to disclose the existence of a missing 39th page with all of the words redacted except for four: “Make,” “America,” “Great” and “Again.”
In addition to the FBI “Witch Hunt,” as Trump characterized it in an earlier statement, the satirical commentary might have been directed at President Joe Biden, who stooped to new partisan lows on Thursday accusing Trump and his “ultra-MAGA” supporters of being “semi-fascist.”
Fascism, by definition, is an extreme loyalty to the state, which would suggest the MAGA movement is the exact opposite of what Biden was suggesting. However, the leftist leader has not been shy about gaslighting in his political rhetoric even after his focus-group-tested “ultra-MAGA” label has been embraced as a compliment by his critics.
During his divisive speech at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Rockville, Maryland, Biden was savagely heckeled by an audience member who shouted, “You stole the election!”
Biden heckled: "You stole the election!" pic.twitter.com/xwOQfuiJBz
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 26, 2022
It is widely believed that Biden colluded with the politicized Justice Department on its raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, with the aim being twofold:
- Use the ongoing “criminal” probe as a political bludgeon to harm Republican hopes in the 2022 and 2024 elections by using leaks to deflect and distract from the current administration’s failures, much as Democrats did during the 2016 and 2018 elections using the now-debunked Russia collusion hoax.
- Circumvent Trump’s Fourth Amendment protections from illegal search and seizure, as well as longstanding interpretations of the Presidential Records Act and “executive privilege” to grant the FBI access on a fishing expedition to recover damning documents related to the Russia hoax that would further undermine public confidence in the intelligence community.
Although Trump declassified all documents related to the Russia hoax in his final week as president, it is unclear whether the DOJ complied and legal ambiguity over whether there was any process that needed to be followed.
In a post on his Truth Social network, Trump slammed the supposed effort to provide more transparency, which left even more questions about the FBI’s motives and justifications.
“Affidavit heavily redacted!!! Nothing mentioned on “Nuclear,” a total public relations subterfuge by the FBI & DOJ, or our close working relationship regarding document turnover – WE GAVE THEM MUCH,” Trump began.
He went on to slam the biased magistrate who authorized the raid—in spite of having demonstrated a clear anti-Trump bias in the past.
“Judge Bruce Reinhart should NEVER have allowed the Break-In of my home” Trump wrote. ”
“He recused himself two months ago from one of my cases based on his animosity and hatred of your favorite President, me,” Trump added. “What changed? Why hasn’t he recused himself on this case? Obama must be very proud of him right now!”
Ben Sellers is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at truthsocial.com/@bensellers.
