Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to make a statement to the media, and perhaps answer questions, about the FBI raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last Monday. The anticipated time for the press statement is 2:30pm ET. Livestream Links below.
UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED
Appearing nervous, Merrick Garland read carefully, very carefully, from a prepared script on the teleprompter. He offered no extraneous remarks and took no questions. He spoke for approximately 4 minutes:
PBS Livestream Link – LiveFox Livestream Link – USA Today Livestream Link
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The DOJ has yet to release any documents related to the executed search warrant, nor the list of items taken from the Mar-a-Lago compound.
[Media] Months before federal investigators executed a search warrant this week on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, the 45th president was served a subpoena aiming to recover documents authorities believed he had failed to turn over earlier in the year, according to The New York Times.
CTH has a strong idea of the content of some documents. We will be updating that information today.
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Question #1
WHERE’S THE SEARCH WARRANT!
Where’s the Probable Cause document?
Under seal right now.
They already broke the law when they refused to leave a copy of the warrant and did not provide an inventory of what they took if anything.
But they did leave video evidence.
Daniel and I think the best part- the FBI thought that video was turned off. If they thought it was turned off, let the imagination run wild.
And the fact that cameras were on makes Trump’s comment about “They were planting evidence” even more interesting. For one, it’s a fair comment regardless of cameras on or off, or whether FBI planted or not- look at the Gretchen Whitmer case- FBI had to admit to planting evidence. And, second, now that the FBI knows cameras were on, they did plant evidence this will get interesting very fast. They will be under constant fear regarding their narrative- if they say A and video is released that shows B…well, we all get the picture.
Doesn’t mean anything will happen. It just means what we know has been proven.
OK now he’s saying they left the warrant and the inventory. Are they now going to claim all those who said they didn’t are liars? But that said, the warrant should be made available.
I believe if it were left, Trump’s team would have already made it public. They didn’t leave crap.
I have a terrible feeling their is no video.
No, one of Pres. Trump’s attorneys (Christina Bobb) who had arrived there after the raid started said last night on a TV remote interview that they gave her a copy when they were done searching the house.
At the beginning of the interview she said that they would not give her a copy when they arrived; only let her look at their copy.
So procedurally they were in error, but technically covered their butts.
Don’t care what he says, impeach or fire him, now!
Or take him hunting with Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney wouldn’t finish the job
Maybe I can get an invite😏🤔
“I thought we were going duck hunting.”
“I guess you didn’t quite understand – Duck!”
(I wouldn’t go golfing with Cheney, either)
🤣🤣
who is going to do that?
I’m sure he will inform Us that they found much evidence of crimes… Of course they planted them
Turns out Trump’s security didn’t turn off the cameras as ordered. I’ll wager this has frozen the Dept of Just-US while the assess what they can get away with.
So we have been told. I believe nothing w/o proof.
They don’t need proof. Trump yesterday said- they planted evidence. And as I point out in my comment above, it’s a fair thing to say in light of the information released in the Whitmer case, where the FBI had to admit to planting evidence.
And more so, the fear of wondering if the cameras were on or off, if they did plant evidence, puts them on the defensive. They can’t just run with a narrative. If they did do something wrong- it’s a game of Russian Roulette but with half the gun loaded.
They are stuck. I am working, wondering what has been said at the presser.
My point I’ll believe in the video when I see it. Maybe.
Me too, but you don’t even need the video to exist. Just the fear that it does….the probability that it does exist is the value, as it ruins any narrative making by the FBI.
Or they are being forced to make the first move. If Trump played this right, he is in the driver’s seat. He can wait on them. And hopefully each time they say/do something, conveniently drop a nugget or two.
I believe that was the whole point of Trump throwing out yesterday- they planted evidence. And then today- yeah, the cameras were on. I bet Trump was watching in real-time from Bedminster.
I see 17 sent you.
i say we get a drinking game going….
blah blah blah INTEGRITY blah blah DEFENDING DEMOCRACY blah blah GASLIGHT blah blah BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STASI blah blah….
I’m a lightweight. I’d be done and done by now.
Will Merry Garland be publicly returning Melania’s underwear taken by the “special” agents?
While Christopher Wray is under the bus, we should have him look for oil leaks and such. When they back over him again, he can check the exhaust and differentials.
We should all be celebrating that we don’t have to endure a lifetime appointment of this clown.
not so sure anymore.
as a SCROTUS, he woulda just been another wet noodle fax machine.
In his current position, he seems to have his hand on a lot of the torches that are burning our republic down as fast as posisble.
I shutter to think where we would be if he had been put on the Supreme Court as Obama wanted. The man swore an oath to defend the constitution and has done everything but. Do not trust or respect him or anyone in the DOJ.
Oh “The Beak” has received his Lawfare talking points from the tribe?
Andrew Weissman has been a regular of late on MSNBC.
same Tribe.
All advised by Ha-Ha-Ha-Haaar-Vaaard’s resident Lawfare tactician “Lawrence Tribe”, how fitting.
Too bad he doesn’t have to be under oath for a press conference … not that it would make any difference to people like that.
If he takes questions: “Can we expect your resignation after this appalling political weaponization of our law enforcement agencies?”
I bet he will focus on purported threats against the FIB/DOJ. Vegas have any bets on this?
Yep. And blame PT.
Yes. Any mention of the raid will be secondary.
If it turns out otherwise, I’ll be shocked.
FIB i Kenwood (Cincinnati) was “Invaded” and the “perp” escaped and fled north on I-71 which is now locked down.
What are the odds this was orchestrated by the FIB to show how dangerous Ultra MAGA people are and they must take our guns?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fbi-armed-man-attempting-to-breach-cincinnati-fbi-office-leads-to-shots-fired-standoff/ar-AA10z76B
Mea culpa for MSN link it was the first that came up in my search box.
Yes, he was carrying an AR but using a nail gun, according to reports…….either silly arse FF or a unique way of getting around using a gun to commit a crime. He can open carry a rifle in Ohio.- yeah, federal property…but that’s our property, not the government.
“Merrick Garland should have recused himself from anything pertaining to former President Donald Trump. […] Trump single-handedly kept Garland off the Supreme Court. And now, he’s in the position as chief law enforcement officer in America to release the full weight and power of the FBI on the man who thwarted his career and ambition.”
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2022/08/09/merrick-garland-is-a-petty-vindictive-little-man-n2611495
Democrats don’t do Recusal. Only Republicans.
AG Garland has proven himself unworthy all on his own.
This is such an important point. Some decent journalist needs to question him on this. (Actually, he should get hammered on this!)
Oxymoron: “decent journalist” – right up there with “military intelligence” or “jumbo shrimp”
I thought Mitch McConnell kept him off the Court at the end of Obama’s term because it was the end of Obama’s term
Yes, the idea being that the next SCJ should be chosen by incoming President Trump. So, orange man bad’s fault. Always blaming Trump.
Yep, my recollection as well, after they whacked Scalia. However, the enemy can easily spin it as Trump denied him a second shot among the three candidates Mitch and the Federalist Society gave him to nominate even though he wasn’t one. It’s what they do.
Correct. Obama nominated him long in March 2016 during his last year in office. Mitch McConnell refused to accept it saying it should wait for the next president. At the time they were all certain Hillary was going to win Trump was just a candidate at the time. Saying Trump “single-handedly” kept Garland of the Supreme Court is not factually correct and absurd.
He reminds me of Fauci. I’m thinking he wasn’t popular in school, either with the guys or the gals. Most of these people tend to grow up with a strong sense of vengeance.
PDJT had little to do with stopping Garland from SCOTUS…that was Turtle
Perhaps Merrick Garland should have been spending his time transitioning into a female. Then he would have gotten the spot over the black female. She didn’t even know if she was a woman. Merry Garland would have most certainly been able to claim her status as a “woman”.
Not watching the head of gestapo lying
Oh, look, it’s another professional liar, er lawyer, wow that’s remarkable. They get all the cool TV gigs. Anyone wanna gargle Garland’s balls?
Was Geraldo Rivera there for the big moment when they opened the safe?
I remember that. It was Al Capone’s safe. Very anti-climactic.
I have a great first-person story about that but it would be off topic.
No, I think Capone’s empty vault is analogous here. So do tell, please?
Why is the warrant sealed? Is it just boilerplate to be filled with specifics post raid, to support/generate a narrative?
It doesn’t matter anymore.
The damage is done.
There is no going back.
Agree. Every line they cross, they advance.
Touché
In banana republics, everything is done strictly according to the law; the only wrinkle is the law applies only to those the Ruling Junta says it does.
Deftly stated! So true!
Yep. The Nazi’s did it all by the book – Enabling Act of 1933.
How many times did Susan Rice say “by the book?.” to your point. Same regime, same tactics.
It’s all by the book Rules for Radicals.
Oh I can’t wait, he’s such a creative liar, not.
I couldn’t care what dribble passes through his ignorant lying lips.
These people are abomination a curse upon the earth.
I asked Alexia this morning what is the status of the current United States President?
Her answer:
Joe Biden is still alive.
Garland will warn us about domestic terrorists, and that they are closely monitoring. Folks this is a no brainer ‘prediction’.
Garland is no straight talker but a master of obfuscation.
Without a copy of the search warrant, affidavit and inventory of material taken
for us to see with our own eyes can we trust anything he is going to say?
An honest person has no fear of telling the truth.
It is high time to restore justice in the USA and honesty in government.
Puttin’ on my boots. Let the B* S* begin.
He’s going to give another demented anti-American response. Seriously, this guy is as bad as the “Brain Freeze”.
He will be barely able to read the script that some American hating operative wrote for him.
This does open up raids on the other living ex-Presidents though…
They will ask questions. he will say can;t answer on an active criminal investigation
He will says violence again FBI unacceptable (even though it was different story with
supreme court justices)
They will ask about POTUS claiming FBI planted things. He will raise his voice a bit
in outrage at such of thing of course not.
100%
Sundance wrote: “Attorney General …Garland will...perhaps answer questions…” ???
Let’s amend that to “…absolutely tell lies and distortions…”
Garland will explain that the whole thing was because of some rouge agents at the Cincinnati field office.
I wonder if Cocaine Mitch is watching…..
I wish Cocaine Mitch the very same end as Tony Montana. He deserves it.
I am no where nearly as concerned with what the FBI TOOK as I am with what the FBI LEFT at Mar-a-Lago. 30 armed agents with backpacks. Maybe their lunch was in there since they KNEW they would be in the home for HOURS. Did one of them leave some kind of disease on Melania’s underwear? I might have said that no one could be that demented but, with this administration and their party, not only is the outlandish possible, the MORONICALLY OUTLANDISH is expected.
Once they “find” what they planted and Elias comes in to declare Trump INELIGIBLE in 2024 will they go after DeSantis next? Then Kari Lake?
Garland, I hope you will explain the need for not only ARMED IRS agents but IRS agents willing to use DEADLY FORCE. God surely intervened to keep you off the Supreme Court. The liar Obama called you a moderate. Fact is, you’re as moderate as Pelosi and Biden are practicing Catholics. They at least claim to practice. Not once have they claimed to be successful. You, on the other hand, have been bitter since God intervened and you have only revenge on your mind. Nothing but revenge. Hope you have cool clothes ready in your suitcase. You’re gonna need them!!
The point really is not the reason for the raid whatever that may be
The main point we shouldn’t get distracted from is that it took place.
The FBI raided the President of the United States home.
We should be outraged not looking for reasons why
We already know why
It doesn’t matter what they’re up too
Cause we already it’s another devious attempt to squash us.
Who in their right mind would tune in just to listen to a liar lie?
Judging by the viewership of the führers speeches, I’d say not many!
Perhaps I wouldn’t be AS suspicious had they immediately released a statement rather than waiting until after they rummaged through, planted,coordinated, manufactured…
Yes. Three days. Why?
Here’s another live feed. This one has video on from the room. Seems like hardly any press, which is kind of weird…..
Not weird at all. The press would be pressured to ask this shysters questions. No press, no pressure to ask questions.
Merrick Garland Bingo…
1). No one is above the law
2). Threat to democracy
3). Biden not involved in raid decision
4). H3ll no, I’m not going to take any questions
5). Can’t comment on ongoing investigation
6). If you oppose this raid you are a racist
Thanks. Maybe now I don’t need to look at him.
“Mr. Garland, you had ONE job to do, uphold the Constitution”
Is there ANY member of Congress who will hold a press conference and say that?
False Flag underway
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) – An active standoff is underway in a farm field about 40 miles north of Cincinnati between law enforcement and an armed suspect who tried to break into FBI headquarters Thursday morning and then fled, shooting at state troopers, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
No law enforcement officers have been hurt.
I don’t normally believe in false flag events but dang this does read like one!
Which ones do you disbelieve?
Sandy Hook, for one
One immediate benefit from abolishing the FBI — mass shooting events will immediately drop by 95%.
Many contemporary problems in US society center on the ineptitude and ideological corruption of recent attorneys general.
One fix might be to have the AG elected by a vote of Governors, or maybe appointed for four years by SCOTUS.
Using the AG position as “wingman” or presidential attorney is not working out. The AG should be the peoples’ lawyer, not the government’s and not the President’s.
The Dems will never allow this. They don’t want a just person as AG. They want wingmen.
Andrew Wilkow just gave another shout out to The Conservative Treehouse at 2:30 EDT.
Definitely Sundance is on a “list”.
Hahaha
Who is Wilkow?
He has a show on XM Patriot radio. Closest person we have to Rush Limbaugh on the air today bar none IMO.
https://wilkowmajority.com/
He is the ONLY thing I miss about Sirus.
Wife has XM in her car so I occasionally catch him. Wish he got Limbaugh’s slot.
Steve Bannon in my book.
Rush was a Bushie and late comer to MAGA.
Rush was a Bushie and late comer to MAGA.
I’ll bet you would bitch if they hanged you with a brand new rope. Sheesh.
I like Wilkow. A great libertarian and his show is truly good. I listen when I have a chance.
Andrew Wilcow has had a show on XM radio for 16 years on the Patriot Channel (#125 11-2 central time)
He has a great tag line:
“WE ARE RIGHT, THEY ARE WRONG. THE ARGUMENTS ON THIS PROGRAM CAN NOT BE DEFEATED”.
Is he going to answer press questions?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
I question any Federal Judge, especially one with a lifetime appointment on the highest Appellate Court, who gives up their Judicial appointment to take a political appointment.
Nothing with this POS is “blind”, he is a political operative with a political agenda.
The one good thing Mitch did was keep this clown off the Supreme Court.
Hilary was supposed to win so they wanted to let her have the solemn moment of appointing the next member of the Supreme Court. It would have given her gravitas. Trump won and ruined a lot of their hope, dreams, and plans.
Pass!! Wray gave me diarrhea. Can’t take 2 deceivers in 2 days!
If what is under seal turns out to be embarrassing for the DOJ/the FBI or even the judge that authorized the search, can it be unsealed secretly and changed, any lawyer here know?
Or is it in a place where a bunch of people would know it was tampered with?
I don’t expect anything from this except a tiny violin being played by this asshat pleading to not seek violence against corrupt federal agents.
I feel like I am about to hurl.
Tuned in to the FOX feed (reluctantly, but would never consider watching the alternatives, PBS or USA), and what do I see? Some NY news conference I presume on monkeypox where some LGBTQ thing introduces himself by his pronouns he/him/his. Turned it off. I guess I will just watch it delayed.
Yeah, riiiiiight …
*****
Kelly O’Donnell
@KellyO
As we await AG Merrick Garland and his statement, a senior WH official tells me the Biden WH was not informed this was happening:
“We have had no notice that he was giving remarks and no briefing on the content of them.”
2:27 PM · Aug 11, 2022·
https://mobile.twitter.com/KellyO/status/1557795865032626178
I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t tell Biden. He was shuffled off to his vacation even though he was still clearly sick from COVID. They wanted him outta there so they could do what they wanted to do.
He might have blurted out.
“Hey Joey don’t know anything about the Mara Lago raid going on right now.”
does it really matter if they told Slo Joe?…..they told who ever is acting as POTUS w/o a doubt
Exactly.
but Ron Kline was
I expect them to double down. Declare a state of emergency over the attack on FBI today.
Sure to be a pathetic, Orwellian word salad.
Keeping Garland from getting on the Supreme Court is probably the only thing McConnell ever got right.
I almost always avoid listening to these garbage people because it usually just makes me more angry. But in this case, I expect to see a lot of deflection and very uncomfortable things. The Biden administration claims it didn’t know about this until it happened and was reported on the news. OK. Does that mean the AG acted without informing the white house? Does that mean the FBI acted alone?
You ask questions as if we live in a functioning Republic guided by the Constitution.
Is he going to indict Trump, fire Wray or resign?
Meat Puppet Garland has to get his talking points right from Eric “Wing Man” Holder. It has never been more clear that Obama and his CIA handlers are running the Bidet regime.
GeorgeP – The order was sent out last Thursday by Holder:
Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe along with other former White House officials, Obama AG Holder says
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/04/trump-and-white-house-officials-likely-to-be-criminally-charged-in-election-probe.html
All any of them do is lie, obfuscate, and throw shade. I am convinced that while the raid was going on and for the last 3 days of everyone focusing on the raid, the bastards in DC have been scheming and creating a new hell to bedevil us with. More rights taken away when we weren’t looking, more illegals ferried in at our expense, more theft of our bank accounts and money, more newly minted “eo”s that are illegal and unlawful.
Anyone see what the IRS is advertising for with their new positions? The willingness to use lethal force. I don’t give a rats patootie what POS Garland has to say. He’s a liar and a thief like the rest of them. Oh, probably the illegals are the new applicants for the IRS jobs!
I want to know what undercover, clandestine “operations” they are conducting while we have been otherwise “entertained”
Garland Is late, I wonder whose rights he is out trampling on at this very moment.
Wants to make sure today’s false flag event has completely finished first.
They need to go to the closet for a MAGA hat and noose.
He’s probably arresting Trump.
So, the fbi is ethical? The same fbi that told us President Trump was a Russian asset… that fbi?
PS couldn’t Garland just posted this BS on twatter or fakebook?
I’m sure he’ll tell us how wonderful the FBI agents are that they want us to cherish and applaud. Puke…
President Trump hasn’t hit back yet. At the rate their going? He won’t have to.
Mr Trump probably follows the rule to never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake. Let them hang themselves.