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After the FBI searched the residence of former President Trump (FBI ), Republican criticized the FBI's behavior and asked law enforcement agencies to publish relevant documents including search warrants and investigation results.
According to the report of " New York Times " on August 14, since the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Republicans in the U.S. Congress have been criticizing the FBI. Some people call for "draft" or "destroy" the FBI, while some people use words such as Nazi German secret police - " Gestapo " to describe the FBI. The FBI's search behavior has also attracted attention from the outside world.
The US Department of Justice was criticized by Republicans
Republicans demanded the release of the search results for the execution on the 8th. Mike Turner, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and Republican, called on the U.S. Department of Justice to release more search information on the 14th, questioning whether the documents seized by the FBI do contain sensitive information that "threatening national security."
"(Attorney General) Merrick Garland has to do is comply with the law and provide this information to us." Turner said, "We need to determine if this poses a national security threat? And whether Garland abused discretion ?"
Another Republican Senator, Mike Rounds, urged the Justice Department to release an affidavit for the search warrant because the document lists the reasons for the search of Mar-Lago. He and other members of the Republican Party believe Trump's actions may be legal, saying the latter may have the right to decrypt files retrieved by the FBI .
According to the Financial Times, Democrat Adam Schiff, chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, asked , the U.S. National Intelligence Agency to review the damage to the interests of the United States by Trump's behavior of retaining a large amount of sensitive materials after officially leaving , the White House in 2021. “The most disturbing thing for me is that … as far as the (former) president is concerned, it seems intentional to keep them after the federal government requests that they be returned,” Schiff said.
《Independent》(The Independent) reported that Garland said that the Ministry of Justice had tried to conduct an investigation in a more moderate way, and it was only after that, and pointed out that "in view of the former president's public confirmation of the search situation and the public's concern about the matter, the Ministry of Justice proposed that the search warrants and search results will be made public."
"Abide by the rule of law is the basic principle of the Ministry of Justice and democracy." Garland said on the 11th, "Preserving the rule of law means maintaining the rule of law." 1. The FBI and the Federal Security Bureau recently sent a joint intelligence announcement to local and state law enforcement agencies, saying that after searching Mar-a-Lago, federal law enforcement, courts and government personnel were "violently threatened" on social platforms.
Since the search operation, the Federal Security Bureau and the FBI have seen an increase in "violent threats" against federal officials on social platforms, including the placement of " dirty bombs " (also known as "radioactive bombs" or "scattered radioactive devices", a weapon that spreads radioactive material on a large scale). In addition, the content of posts on social platforms about "civil war" and "armed insurgency" has also increased. Garland said, "I will not stand by when their integrity (FBI public officials) is under unjust attack."
"They are protecting the American people from violent crime, terrorism and other security threats every day, and also safeguarding our civil rights." Garland said, "I am honored to work with them." Whether the search is legal is attracted attention
since the FBI searched Trump's residence.According to the International Policy Digest, Trump Mar-Lago property receipts show that some documents retrieved by the FBI are marked as "top secret/SCI", one of the highest-level categories. Although the search report did not specify the nature of these top secret documents, it pointed out that only one set of documents marked "top secret/SCI" was confiscated by federal authorities.
"He (Trump) has SCI materials, and it can be said that this incident is particularly shocking." David Laufman, former head of the Justice Department's counter-espionage department, pointed out that the FBI's discovery of these documents during the search confirmed that the federal government's investigation of Trump was necessary, "However, whether this investigation will turn into a thorough criminal lawsuit remains to be seen."
According to the search warrant, the Justice Department is investigating three federal crimes against Trump: violation of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and improper handling of government records. The maximum penalty for violating the Espionage Act is 10 years, and the maximum penalty for obstructing judicial justice is 20 years, while illegal handling of government records can prohibit violators from holding public office in the future.
In response, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul (Rand Paul ) called for the repeal of the Espionage Act, "espionage crimes have been abused from the beginning and are used to imprison people with dissidents in World War I."
Trump may become a strong rival Biden
Although the FBI search focused the attention of the whole United States on the legal threats faced by Trump, Maryland Governor and Republican Larry Hogan (Larry) Hogan, however, believes that the FBI search was a political victory for Trump. "This incident seemed to inspire people to defend him and feel like he was martyred." He said, "But I don't think we've seen the ending of the story yet."
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in the "This Week" show on the ABC (ABC) that she could not explain the position of US President Biden in the search because it was an ongoing investigation.
According to a report by Bloomberg on the 12th, although polls show that most Democrats prefer candidates besides Biden, Biden still decided to run for re-election; and people familiar with the matter said that the Democrats' recent achievements in legislation, economy and foreign policy have greatly encouraged Biden.
In a previous meeting with Democrats, Biden said the risks faced by the US democracy “has not reduced.” He added, "I can't think of anything more important than ensuring that the Democrats win the 2024 presidential election and the midterm election."
Former Congressman and White House aide Cedric Richmond said, "When Trump ran for re-election, he (Biden) thought he was the only one who could beat Trump, and he was right."
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