aquascoot wrote on Aug 15^th, 2022 at 9:00am:



he'll get plenty of attention in goal

John Smith wrote on Aug 15^th, 2022 at 9:08am:



He will indeed

The foolish democrats are turning him into a martyr
Literally tens of millions of people who are his hardcore fans will create great turmoil when this happens
That probably suits the democrats

They're not really interested in solving problems only in creating new ones

aquascoot wrote on Aug 15^th, 2022 at 9:52am:



yeah right .... trump will wither away and die in goal. There are a few that will remain die hard fans, even though that number is dwindling, irrespective of whether trump goes to goal or not.

John Smith wrote on Aug 15^th, 2022 at 9:58am:



You sound like FW de Klerk commenting on Mandela
You sound like the British parliament commenting on gandy


When you persecute a national treasure

You elevate their status

Ignoring trump would be true punishment
But the inferior man is incapable of seeing that

flip FFS

Mattyfisk wrote on Aug 15^th, 2022 at 9:58am:


Not correct.

"Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he signed off on the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, but provided few more details other than to announce that the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the search warrant. "

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The outcry over the FBI raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence has led supporters of the former president to scrutinize the people behind the investigation.

Calls have been made to defund the FBI, while Trump himself labeled the incident as "prosecutorial misconduct," and even made unfounded claims the Feds "planted" evidence in his mansion.

Left-leaning commentators have hit back at some of these excoriations, but in doing so may have also helped spread inaccuracies.

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A number of tweets posted on 9 August, 2022, including one by former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, claimed that Bruce Reinhart, the district judge who signed off the Mar-a-Lago raid, was a Trump appointee.



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It wasn't long after the Mar-a-Lago raid on Monday, August 8, 2022, that conspiratorial voices began to describe the investigation as a "deep state operation," organized by powers determined to silence former president Trump.


The notion of that claim is fairly spurious, particularly, as FBI director Christopher Wray was appointed by Trump, while he was president.

However, not all those involved in decision making prior to the raid were Trump appointees, as is the case with Bruce Reinhart.

Although Reinhart was sworn in as United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida on March 14, 2018, while Trump was president, Trump would have had no oversight of his appointment.


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As stated on the United States Courts website, a U.S. magistrate judge is appointed by a majority vote of active district judges of the court.

This is different to United State district judges, who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate.

The current Southern District of Florida Chief United States district judge is Cecilia M. Altonaga, nominated by former president George W.Bush in 2003.


Although Donald Trump did appoint five district judges for the Southern District of Florida, they were appointed after Reinhart was sworn in.

Further detail of the appointment can be gleaned from the press-release issued at the time United States District Court Contact:

"The announcement of Mr. Reinhart's selection culminates a broad search process that began in August of 2017. The Court appointed a selection panel, comprised of leaders in the legal community as well as non-lawyers in the community, to assist with the selection process. 64 well-qualified individuals applied," the March 14, 2018, statement said.


"The selection panel reviewed all 64 submissions and elected to interview 15 candidates in person. Following these interviews, the selection panel recommended five finalists to the Court. The district judges interviewed the five finalists in November of last year. The Court selected Mr. Reinhart to fill the vacant magistrate judgeship," the document explained.