Tag: FBI raid

Reacting To Cohen Raid, Trump Delivers Inaccurate And Dictatorial Rant

The following article by Joe Conason was posted on the National Memo website April 10, 2018:

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“It is an attack on our country!” exclaimed Donald Trump upon learning that the FBI had raided the office, home, and hotel room occupied by his personal attorney Michael Cohen. “It’s an attack on what we all stand for.”

What he meant by that deranged statement remained unclear as he rambled on about the “witch hunt” his own law enforcement officials are supposedly perpetrating against him. But the real meaning is all too obvious: He believes that any action against him, no matter how lawful, is an action against the nation. That is the mindset of a would-be dictator. Continue reading “Reacting To Cohen Raid, Trump Delivers Inaccurate And Dictatorial Rant”

FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home

The following article by Carol D. Leonnig, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman was posted on the Washington Post website August 9, 2017:

FBI agents raided the home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort without warning on July 26 with a search warrant, and seized documents and other records, say people familiar with the special counsel investigation. (Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

FBI agents raided the Alexandria home of President Trump’s former campaign chairman late last month, using a search warrant to seize documents and other materials, according to people familiar with the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Federal agents appeared at Paul Manafort’s home without advance warning in the predawn hours of July 26, the day after he met voluntarily with the staff for the Senate Intelligence Committee. Continue reading “FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home”