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Court filings released Tuesday show that the Department of Justice (DOJ) authorized FBI agents to use “deadly force” during their Aug. 8, 2022 raid of former Pres. Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in search of classified documents.

Court filings released Tuesday revealed that the Justice Department (DOJ) authorized FBI agents to use “deadly force” during their Aug. 8, 2022 raid of former Pres. Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in search of classified documents.

The newly unsealed filing contained an “operations order” which detailed how agents were allowed to conduct their raid and what they were allowed to bring. The DOJ says its line about deadly force is directly from its manual about use of force and is in line with common practices.

The newly unsealed filing contained an “operations order” detailing how agents were allowed to conduct their raid and what they were allowed to bring. The DOJ says"deadly force" is in line with  its manual on use of force and with common practices.

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The order reveals that the FBI's stated objective was to “seize ‘classified information, NDI [national defense information].and US Government records,’” as described in the search warrant that Special Counsel Jack Smith had obtained for his indictment of the former president.

The order also reveals that the FBI's stated objective was to “seize" the documents and information described in special counsel Jack Smith's search warrant.

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The Trump campaign quickly sent a fundraising email saying that Pres. Joe Biden’s DOJ put Trump’s family in danger with the raid, while the former president called the search “Illegal and UnConstitutional” in a post on his Truth Social platform.

In a fundraising email shortly after the unsealing of the filing, the Trump campaign accused Pres. Joe Biden of putting Trump’s family in danger. The presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 election also called the search “Illegal and UnConstitutional” in a post on his Truth Social platform.

The FBI made a rare statement on the issue, saying that it used the same protocols as it does for all search warrants. The DOJ’s policy says that deadly force is only permitted when an officer has a reasonable belief that his life or another person’s life is in imminent danger of death or physical harm.

The FBI issued a rare statement, saying that it used the same protocols it uses for all search warrants. DOJ policy says that deadly force is only permitted when an officer has a reasonable belief that his life or another person’s life is in imminent danger of death or physical harm.

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New files also reveal that more classified documents were found at Mar-a-Lago in the months following the initial raid. The South Florida trial is unlikely to begin until after November’s election after Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely suspended the trial date to allow more time for both sides to prepare.

Meanwhile, another new filing revealed that more classified documents were found at Mar-a-Lago in the months following the initial search. Trump's South Florida trial is unlikely to begin until after November’s election.

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The FBI’s over-the-top raid on Mar-a-Lago seemed unconstitutional and unfairly violent from the start, and the latest court filings show the extent Joe Biden’s DOJ was willing to go to take Pres. Trump out. From the beginning, the Biden regime, and Democratic Party at large, had been looking for ways to derail Trump’s inevitable 2024 re-election campaign, and it's clear that government agencies would have no problem resorting to deadly force. The media and security state will try to downplay this report, bu

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BREAKING: Newly Unsealed Doc Reveals Biden FBI Authorized the Use of DEADLY FORCE During Mar-a-Lago Raid – Armed Agents Prepared to Confront Trump

It’s wholly unsurprising that Donald Trump would rashly make false claims to deceive the public and play victim after the recent court filings were unsealed. The FBI has already shown that the Mar-a-Lago search was conducted under standard DOJ protocols without any authorization of additional force. However, Trump is trying to manipulate standard documents to fit his victim agenda.

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FBI followed "standard procedure" in its Mar-a-Lago raid, refutes Trump claim about "deadly" force

There is a 50% chance that Donald Trump’s classified documents case won’t begin before Jan. 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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The FBI's unconstitutional raid of the former president's residence seemed unfairly violent on the surface. This filing shows far the Biden administration and the Democratic Party were willing to go to try to derail Trump's return to the White House. Now it's more difficult to deny this is a political witch hunt.

Unsurprisingly, Trump and his campaign are blowing the wording in this filing out of proportion to deceive the public and play the victim. The FBI has already demonstrated it conducted its search in adherence with standard DOJ protocols. But Trump is trying to play up his victim status in order to drum up more fundraising.

There's a 50% chance that Trump’s classified documents case won’t begin before Jan. 1, 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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