FBI raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

Nonetheless, the former president once again claimed he was being politically persecuted by “radical left-wing Democrats,” referring the event to the failed robbery of 1972 that led to the biggest political scandal of the time. I likened it to Watergate.

“What’s the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democratic National Committee?” I asked before claiming.

The alleged raid comes three months before the midterm elections, and steady progress is being made on candidates supporting Trump’s false claim that the last presidential election was stolen. through their primaries.

Republican conservatives are concerned about this, fearing some candidates are too extreme to appeal to mainstream voters.

The latest case study into President Trump’s string of anti-election campaigns came out Tuesday in Arizona, where three Republicans who backed his lies earned key positions in key battleground states. .

The White House has yet to respond to the matter and has referred the question to the Department of Justice, which has yet to respond.

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