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The recent expose by The Washington Post of the FBI's willingness to accept the word of a duplicitous sociopath explains in part the extreme delay in holding the Ochre Menace accountable for his crimes. Agents in the Washington DC field office argued with prosecutors who wanted to obtain a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. They wanted to accept the false certification that there were no more classified documents in Trumpilini's possession at face value. Agents thought conducting an unannounced search to be too aggressive, and potentially bad press. According to the Post reporting, some even tried to shut down the investigation entirely, after Trump's attorneys made the certification. Prosecutors eventually got their way and the "raid" was carried out on August 8th after months of non-cooperation by Trump's team. Agents found a hundred classified documents still at Mar-a-Lago including some beyond top secret that concerned Iran's nuclear capability and espionage against China. The dispute cost valuable time to the investigation. When federal prosecutors were finally ready to charge the former president and white-collar criminal for obstruction and mishandling highly classified material, the Attorney General decided to appoint a Special Prosecutor, elevating the case even farther into the realm of the political and making it more difficult to bring him to trial.
The fact is our federal government, especially when it comes to law enforcement, is neither politically impartial nor fair. There is one process for the rich and influential and another for the poor and unconnected. Steven D'Antuono, then head of the Washington, DC field office, was among the FBI officials who argued for a consensual search. But prosecutors, exasperated by dealing unsuccessfully with Trump's attorney Evan Corcoran for months, ordered the search take place. The FBI complied over objections, but only when Trump was not in residence, and they did not wear their usual blue and yellow "FBI" jackets, choosing instead civilian clothes. Clearly, Trump's frequent attacks on the agency during his term in office had the desired intimidation. Equally clearly, polarization has played a significant role in the several investigations of Trump, who still has not been charged with a crime. After all, the FBI are cops, and cops are mostly conservatives. For the sake of the order prove US Person wrong!
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