Jacksonville, Fl — Political leaders from across Florida are weighing in on the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Governor Ron DeSantis called the search ‘another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents’.
Senator Rick Scott called for immediate answers from the FBI. And Senator Marco Rubio drew comparisons to Nicaragua.
Jacksonville-area Representative John Rutherford is demanding the FBI Director immediately release the search warrant and the ‘probably cause’ used to obtain it.
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The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves. Now the Regime is getting another 87k IRS agents to wield against its adversaries? Banana Republic.
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) August 9, 2022
The @FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago is incredibly concerning, especially given the Biden admin’s history of going after parents & other political opponents. This is 3rd World country stuff.
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) August 9, 2022
We need answers NOW. The FBI must explain what they were doing today & why.
Biden is playing with fire by using a document dispute to get the @TheJusticeDept to persecute a likely future election opponent
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 9, 2022
Because one day what goes around is going to come around
And then we become Nicaragua under Ortega pic.twitter.com/LwODnsYtcr
Ron DeSantis attacks law enforcement for legally raiding Mar-a-Lago while he’s yet to say anything about the heinous Nazis in our state who've been rallying in support of him.
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) August 9, 2022
Also, attacking a private company, Disney, for free speech is about as "banana republic" as it gets.
Ron DeSantis is defending Donald Trump instead of the rule of law, so I’ll be holding a press conference tomorrow in front of the governor’s mansion to remind Floridians that nobody is above the law.
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) August 9, 2022
Director Wray says the FBI have limited resources & this is how they choose to use those limited resources? He claims to use "prosecutorial discretion" to turn a blind eye to the CCP, their elite capture at the highest levels of our government & to Hunter Biden's laptop. (1/2)
— Rep. John Rutherford (@RepRutherfordFL) August 9, 2022
If true, this move will further damage public confidence in the DOJ to conduct fair & non-political investigations…terrible for the future of America! https://t.co/eagNPmjYVh
— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) August 9, 2022
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