A U.S. senator from Tennessee is speaking out against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its parent agency, the Department of Justice (DOJ), after the FBI Monday raided former President Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.
“Bill and Hillary Clinton took $28,000 worth of furnishings from the White House, and Obama violated the Presidential Records Act,” Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told The Tennessee Star Tuesday. Yet the FBI did not raid their homes. This is a political witch hunt, and partisan federal prosecutions will only increase now that the Democrats just voted to give the IRS 87,000 more agents. If the DOJ can target President Trump, imagine what they will do to anyone who dares support him. I stand with President Trump.”
She echoed similar sentiments on Twitter from Monday evening into Tuesday.
“Why are the FBI and DOJ refusing to comment after raiding the private home of a former U.S. President? The American people demand transparency — they do not want another political witch hunt of President Trump. We need to know if Joe Biden or his allies were involved,” she said.
Why are the FBI and DOJ refusing to comment after raiding the private home of a former U.S. President?
The American people demand transparency — they do not want another political witch hunt of President Trump.
We need to know if Joe Biden or his allies were involved. https://t.co/FD2L6Hniba
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 9, 2022
Later, she slammed the raid as “outrageous.”
“I stand with President Trump against this outrageous action of the FBI,” she tweeted.
I stand with President Trump against this outrageous action of the FBI.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 9, 2022
In another tweet, she recalled that the DOJ under former President Barack Obama spied on Trump’s 2016 election campaign.
“The Obama FBI began spying on President Trump as a candidate. This isn’t how a justice system should operate, and it should outrage every American. If they can do this to Trump, they will do it to you!” she wrote.
The Obama FBI began spying on President Trump as a candidate.
This isn’t how a justice system should operate, and it should outrage every American.
If they can do this to Trump, they will do it to you!
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 9, 2022
She continued blasting the federal law enforcement agency, and also mentioned that, through the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration vastly increased the size and scope of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
“The FBI’s raid of President Trump’s home is a political witch hunt, and partisan federal prosecutions will only increase now that the Democrats just voted to give the IRS 87,000 more agents,” she said in another tweet.
The FBI’s raid of President Trump’s home is a political witch hunt, and partisan federal prosecutions will only increase now that the Democrats just voted to give the IRS 87,000 more agents.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 9, 2022
She continued on Tuesday afternoon.
“The FBI flew agents from Washington, D.C. to Mar-a-Lago for the sole purpose of advancing the bureau’s years-long campaign to take down President Trump,” she said.
The FBI flew agents from Washington, D.C. to Mar-a-Lago for the sole purpose of advancing the bureau’s years-long campaign to take down President Trump.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 9, 2022
The news of the raid has outraged the political right, which has largely viewed the move as a political one.
The DOJ is directly controlled by the Biden administration, and Trump could run against Biden to re-claim the presidency in 2024.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Marsha Blackburn” by Marsha Blackburn. Background Photo “DOJ Building” by GFDL. CC BY-SA 3.0.
