FBI Handles Trump With Kid Gloves To Protect Him

A massive new report from The Washington Post has revealed that the FBI did NOT want to execute a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago to recover classified documents, with some agents saying that they were "afraid" of what could happen to their careers. The agency clearly wanted to protect Donald Trump, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains.

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A bombshell new report from the Washington Post this week revealed that the f b I really did not want to, uh, execute the search warrant down at Mar-a-Lago last August. In fact, the agency had been in a bit of turmoil for several months trying to figure out ways in which they could not comply with the DOJs order to go down and get the classified documents from Mar-a-Lago. Agents had claimed that there was no reason to do it because Trump's lawyers had sworn in that document from Evan Corcoran signed by Trump lawyer, Christina, Bob, they swore all the documents had been returned. So the FBI was sitting there thinking, Hey, they said they did it. So really there's no reason for us to go down there. It's as if the entire F B I was on their first day on the job and said, well, the people that we think are committing crimes said they didn't commit crimes.

So I mean, our hands are tied. Right, exactly. The kind of mentality you want with the, uh, top law enforcement agency in the country. Absolutely. Just, uh, take the criminal's word for it every time. If they say there's no crime, then I guess case closed, right? Guys, bang up job, by the way, F B i, super, super police work there. They also at one point expressed fear over what would happen to their careers if they executed that search warrant. They feared retribution from Donald Trump or from conservatives. They thought this was a career ending move. Having agents with F B I emblazoned on the back of their jacket storming into Mar-a-Lago, which yes, that is specifically what they said they were afraid of. And then at one point, a senior F B I executive said, we aren't the presidential records police.

Yes, you literally are the presidential records police. You are the polic of whatever the d OJ tells. You need policing. If the DOJ sends you guys down to be crossing guards for a day, which they could do if they wanted to, maybe you'd be more suited for that job. Um, then you become the crossing guard police. Like that is what happens. You are the presidential records police. So there's several different things to look at here. First and foremost, we've got an f b filled with absolute cowards, too afraid to do their job. Too naive to think that people who broke the law might lie to them. Definitely unfit to continue to serve in the F fbi. The other thing we have is we have an FBI that clearly wants to protect Donald Trump. Are you read through that Washington Post article? You see some of these responses from these individuals. It's very clear they wanted to protect Trump. It's not only because they were scared, it's not because

They thought this wasn't their jurisdiction. They didn't want to make Trump look bad. They let their own personal political beliefs get in the way of their job. Also. Seems like that would be grounds for dismissal if you ask me. It's one thing to have your personal political beliefs. Everybody at the FBI has their personal political feelings, but when you hit a point where those political beliefs prevent you from actually being able to do your job, then it becomes a very serious problem. That's when these agents need to be removed from duty because they cannot execute the job for which they were hired to do. That appears to be what we're dealing with with a lot of these F B I agents. I don't know if it gets better. I don't know if it's gonna continue to get worse, but this report from the Washington Post certainly paints a picture of a completely dysfunctional law enforcement agency that definitely needs to be overhauled.