Searching for the Truth About the Raid at Mar-a-Lago
Mar-a-Lago/Image: Florida Memory, Wikimedia Commons
This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Julie Kelly
Real Clear Wire
Top officials at the Department of Justice are downplaying recently disclosed documents showing FBI agents were authorized to use deadly force during their 2022 raid of Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.
Responding to Trump’s claim that “Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau was following “standard operating procedure” as it executed a search warrant on Aug. 8, 2022, regarding classified material that the former president was holding at Mar-a-Lago.
While noting that Trump was not present during the raid,
