The House GOP denounced the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home Monday night, with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy vowing to investigate the Justice Department should Republicans retake the chamber this fall.
“I’ve seen enough,” McCarthy tweeted hours after Trump confirmed federal agents searched his Florida resort. In his remarks regarding the raid, the California Republican and frontrunner for speaker next year used the same term as the former president – “weaponization” – to describe DOJ’s actions, telling him to “preserve your documents and clear your calendar.”
A long line of House conservatives took to social media to condemn the FBI search, most of them stalwart allies of Trump. While some Senate Republicans are edging away from Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, House Republicans continue to embrace him.
In his campaign for the majority whip role, if Republicans flip the House this fall, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) quickly sought to paint the search as political.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who will lead the Judiciary panel chair in a House GOP majority, and Banks are McCarthy allies and Trump supporters dating back to the former president’s first impeachment. The Twitter account linked to Jordan hit similar pro-Trump talking points, including anti-FBI sentiment that has flared among Trump supporters since the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In addition to equating the Mar-a-Lago search with harassment of everyday citizens in Third World countries, the House Judiciary Committee GOP’s account repeated Trump’s claim: “The FBI knowingly deceived Americans about Russian’ collusion” ‘for YEARS. Can’t trust them.”
Two people familiar with the investigation say law enforcement activity at Mar-a-Lago stems from allegations that presidential records, including some that could contain classified information, were removed from the White House by Trump allies after the former president left office. However, it is unclear what kind of documents the government seized during the raid.
While far less closely aligned with McCarthy and party leadership, pro-Trump members of the House Freedom Caucus pushed for congressional oversight of the FBI’s search. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the former head of the group, called for an investigation into how federal law enforcement agencies abuse their authority.
Furthermore, Biggs compared the Mar-a-Lago search to Muammar Qadhafi’s death at the hands of his political enemies. According to the Arizonan, the only thing missing from the unprecedented FBI raid at President Trump’s home are Muammar Gaddafi’s sunglasses and cap on Joe Biden.
The Republican rank and file members are likely to face further questions about the Mar-a-Lago raid when they return to Washington for a vote on Democrats’ party-line climate, tax, and health care legislation on Friday.
Although some senior Republicans privately dismissed conservatives’ calls for an investigation, stating that they needed to see proof the search was a stunt and not a follow-the-books operation, McCarthy’s tweet Tuesday night raises the entire conference’s political stakes significantly.
Former Freedom Caucus member turned potential Trump 2024 presidential primary rival even weighed in. According to Ron DeSantis, the Mar-a-Lago search is similar to a Third World search. He said it was another step in the weaponization of federal agencies against political opponents of the Regime and poked fun at Democrats who want to increase IRS enforcement to pay for their domestic agenda.
“Banana Republic,” he tweeted.
The democrats and their crony agencies have gone too far. Their hatred for Trump and all conservatives is now persecution. They should be arrested, tried and convicted as traitors and shot or hung. I am sick and tired of their BS. Conservatives…stand up and fight! Vote these bastards out in every single office.
Let’s be clear, neither McCarthy nor McConnell are even close to being conservatives. Words are cheap, but their miserable records speak loud and clear. Will see. Is this their big wake up moment?
The FBI and the Democratic Party falsified many claims during his impeachment trials which were all proven to be out and out lie’s so I’m sorry I don’t trust the FBI I don’t trust Democrats and I’m tired of them wasting taxpayer dollars on this type of thing they can’t stand the fact that the American people don’t like what they’re doing and they’re trying to stop it by the lowest possible means and in my humble opinion it’s just looking bad on them invalidates all my concerns that the Democratic Party doesn’t want a free America they want to be in control they want to tell us what time to get up what to do during the day what time do you go to bed at night and just sit down and shut up basically well that’s not the country that my husband fought for and it’s not the country that my son‘s fault for we are a very patriotic family and we don’t like what the Democrats have been doing for years now I’m praying so hard Did the American people have finally had enough of their lies they’re inventing stories that make no sense at all just to retain their power it’s time to wake up America and clean out the swamp once and for all and I would love to see term limits on senate and Congress
Hear! Hear!
We need to ‘Red Wave’ America come this November in the MidTerms! This action smacks of a Communist country and, as such, doesn’t belong here in the United States of America! Take Action against all those seeking to overthrow America! Our America needs to remain free as a beacon of Hope for the world, not become a Third-Rate Third-World Communist infested country!
ANYTHING THE LEFT CAN DO TO KEEP TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE THEY WILL DO. THAT MY FRIENDS HAS ALREADY BEEN SEEN.
They did not go after Hilary with all of her violations of the laws.
this was absolutely the MOST asinine thing the FBI could do to anyone least the former President of the US!!! and they had Guns yet!! What did they expect the former president to do???
what are we??? A Banana Republic!!!!
FBI needs a complete overall, from the top down
Democrats have nade it clear. THEY do not want anyone or anything to stop their cash cows and Trump was the man doing it. they will stop at NOTHING to prevent him from another term. BIDUMMY and his loser cronies are worse than putin, worse than the north korean leader, worse than the ayatolla or sudam hussein. I think with this travesty America will wake the F**k up and see that WE THE PEOPLE are being played. We’ll know, if they start cutting down the trees in DC.
Its a disgrace to our Country !!1
The Most Respected Law Enforcement Department in the World Has become shell of itself The Dumbacraps and management have lost their integrity , All their evil imaginations have become their NORTH STAR OF TRUTH.
Sir Male is a Male , not anything else. { not female } A dog is a Dog not anything else
{ Surely not a Cat ! } But everyone can be a nasty rat!!!!!
I am happy Trump is getting what he deserves. It is about time. Frankly I don’t think it has been enough.
Democrat!
…and on what basis (truthful) do you come to this conclusion?? Certainly. we all have clay feet, humanity has from the beginning of time. Or are you different from the rest of us?
The fingerprints OF THE THUGS on the raiding of PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HOME AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS BELONG TO TRAITORS AND COWARDICE EVIL PEOPLE!
And Mary says; ……Maggie, believes “MARY SAYS” IS STUPID AND IGNORANT AND ARROGANT AND NASTY; PICK UP YOUR STONE MARY SAYS AND THROW IT AS YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
and just what do you think he deserves, Mary????? and WHY????
yes what has he done
I used to respect the FBI. Not any more. They have turned into The American Gestapo. They need to be abolished & rebuilt from the ground up. It’ll take years, Years, to trust & respect them, the DOJ, the IRS, all of them, again. They are all The American Gestapo.
Patel: “We won’t be hearing anything about, oh this is too close to the Election to raid a former President’s house but it’s close enough to the Election to hold off John Durham’s indictments and a Hunter Biden prosecution.” no truer words were never spoken. CLEAE OUT ALL OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT OF THE FBI AND START ALL OVER, THEY HAVE BECOME TO POLITICAL.
ys what has he done
what has he done