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You're Saying It Was All About The Papers?

Does the FBI think we're that stupid?

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Ben Domenech
Aug 10, 2022
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Believe it or not, the powers-that-be are claiming that this was just about a document dispute. Really. Even though a cavalcade of commentators were reacting to the Mar-a-Lago raid by claiming it must be about something more serious, or with a more important aim in mind, the usual spinners for our badge-wielding federal betters are really claiming with a straight face that this unprecedented and shocking escalation against a man who just was president and could be president again was just about a “no one is above the law” classification dispute of the order that every modern president has to face.

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