The Mar-o-Lago raid and Sandy Berger’s Socks
Posted on August 8, 2022 by Constitutional NobodyThe unprecedented raid on the home of former president Donald Trump has set off a firestorm of celebration and recrimination across the country. For critics, it is the long-awaited moment of FBI agents swarming over the home of Trump in a concrete step toward criminal prosecution. For supporters, it is a raid that confirms the long-standing view of an FBI willing to use any means to combat Trump.
The raid will fulfill the narrative of both sides. In many ways it will advance both causes. For Democrats, it will paint Trump as a felon-in-chief and for Republicans it will reinforce the resolve to see him run again for the White House.
At these moments, the most dangerous place to stand is anywhere in the middle. However, this is another moment in need for some sobering reality checks of what this does and does not mean.
The most serious development was the one that did not occur on Monday night. This was not apparently a warrant executed in relation to the January 6th riot. Instead, the raid appears an outgrowth of the long tension between Trump and the National Archives over material removed at the end of the Trump presidents that is subject to the Presidential Record Act.
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