TL;DR:
- Emails show FBI’s Washington field office warned Biden DOJ it hadn’t established probable cause before the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid
- House Speaker Mike Johnson says documents will verify Republican claims of Justice Department weaponization against Trump
- Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel preparing to turn emails over to Congress as soon as Tuesday
- Former special counsel Jack Smith scheduled for closed-door deposition Wednesday before House Judiciary Committee
The FBI’s Washington field office warned Biden administration officials they lacked probable cause to raid President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate before the August 2022 search, according to emails the Justice Department will hand over to Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed Tuesday that the emails exist and said they will verify “the complete and total weaponization of the Department of Justice under the Biden administration.”
“They used it to go after political enemies, and chief among them was, of course, Donald J. Trump,” said Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican.
The documents will show the FBI’s field office believed agents “does not believe they established probable cause” for the raid and outlined concerns that standards for a search warrant weren’t met, according to Just the News.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are preparing to turn the emails over to congressional judiciary committees.
The raid followed a National Archives referral alleging Mr. Trump improperly removed classified documents from the White House.
Former special counsel Jack Smith, who later led investigations into Mr. Trump, appears Wednesday for a closed-door House Judiciary Committee deposition.
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• Speaker Johnson: Emails to show FBI warned Biden DOJ it lacked probable cause to raid Mar-a-Lago
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