Policy Expert on Mar-a-Lago Raid: ‘Rubicon Has Been Crossed’

The FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence has crossed the Rubicon with its use of government power against a former president, according to Heritage Foundation expert Cully Stimson.

If left unexplained, this raid may signal the beginning of even more cutthroat uses of government power, Stimson told The Epoch Times and NTD as part of a special report on the raid airing on Friday, Aug. 12, on Epoch TV at 9 p.m.

“For the first time in American history, the Department of Justice executed a search warrant at the home of a former president,” said Stimson. “There’s no allegation that he has violated the Espionage Act, or [that] he is hoarding secrets to sell to a foreign government or exploit the fruits of his office.”

On Aug. 8, FBI agents raided Trump’s Florida home in search of documents. FBI agents didn’t allow Trump’s lawyers to watch the search, and a person close to the Trump family suggests the agents placed listening devices while conducting the search.

Although the raid is unprecedented, the Department of Justice may still have a good explanation for it, Stimson said. A judge approved the Mar-a-Lago warrant.

However, it’s shocking that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland only offered a statement this afternoon, said Stimson.

Cully Stimson, a widely-recognized Heritage Foundation expert in national security, homeland security, crime control, drug policy, and immigration. (Courtesy of the Heritage Foundation)

“I think the A.G. should have gone out yesterday and had a presser,” he said. “And he should have released the affidavit and, of course, redacted anything he couldn’t put out there yet so that the American people would have more confidence that this Justice Department is on the up-and-up when he took this extraordinary action.”

Warrant Wanted

In Garland’s Aug. 11 statement, he announced that the

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