How the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago play backfired

The FBI’s news cycle just ain’t the same as it once was.
The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau have released an almost completely redacted affidavit for President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen- though not before being thoroughly ridiculed by both loyalists on Capitol Hill (who are usually quick with defense) or center right media outlets hungry to see their opposition taken down a notch from recent events . With no one rushing in support–not even Republicans!– forensic experts analyzed what exactly had been revealed about Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigation thus far based off this document

Instead, both Republican politicians and center-right media were quick to hit back against what they correctly viewed as a middle finger to both the court that ordered the affidavit’s release, and the American people who expect transparency when the state raids its political opponents.

With the recent targeting of former presidents by FBI Director James Comey, it is clear that Americans have grown tired with politics and corruption in our government. While some may wonder what Trump did wrong at this point- after all he only became president six months ago -a decade long monopoly on power has made them enemies among many who would otherwise be responsive voters or supporters .
The Department Of Justice enjoyed its daylights last century when they were seen as protectors not politicians themselves but now even those days seem over before they began thanks largely due an newfound belief amongst Democrat supports

The impact of this shift is measurable in the speed with which news cycles covering Trump’s latest twists and turns have accelerated. When FBI Director Comey announced that he would not be pressing charges against Hillary Clinton after an investigation into her use as Secretary of State, Republicans squirmed while center-right reporters cringed behind their computer screens; luckily for them (and us!), it turned out all those worries were misplaced because there was no evidence found linking then candidate Donald Trump to Russia or any other country apart from his own words on tape advocating warmer relations between America

The scandal expanded with each new Development. General and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned under a cloud of FBI-induced suspicion, only to be framed for allegedly lying by Peter Strzok who was later exposed as an anti-Trumper on Mueller’s team . It would take two years before transcripts were made public that showed Special Investigator Robert Muellers team had lied about the very basis for their investigation into Genreal Mcmaster
The first part is basically just giving some background information but it’s written in such way where you have no idea what happened or why these events transpired

Weeks after Flynn resigned, the FBI-, Democrat- and media-driven Russian narrative took another head, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the case. Sessions was “a good Republican.” He trusted the FBI and the reporting he’d read in the media. He even wondered if he’d fallen afoul of the law by speaking to the Russian ambassador in a D.C. handshake line.

The following month, Sessions’ deputy appointed Special Counsel Mueller to lead the investigation of just how treasonous President Donald J. Trump really was.

His investigation would eventually come to naught (because there was no Russian collusion to be found). But while it went on — while the Steele dossier was exposed as a laughable hoax, while FBI informant Stefan Halper’s lies fell apart, while media report by media report were proven false — the majority of “good Republicans” (and a good number of center-right reporters and pundits) remained silent.

“Let the investigation run its course!” they said, because they believed the investigators. A decent number among them who hated their new president even hoped the investigators were right.

The president’s shadow loomed large over him for two full years before the big day when he was exposed on national television as a clueless man with no evidence of any wrongdoings (and early symptoms that would lead to dementia).

“Let investigations run their course!” The Republicans said again because they believed what investigators told them – even though many among them hatred our new leader just waiting until everything fell apart at last. Less than two months after this final collapse, Democrats launched another round-theBut five years in, the spell was breaking. In the end, it came down to a vote, where Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic House impeached the president on partisan lines and the Republican Senate acquitted him, with only Republican Mitt Romney joining the Democrats in their guilty votes. Ever-loyal Mitt was still a “good Republican.”

Along the way, lie after lie and hoax after hoax was thrown Republicans’ way. Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a gang rapist; Trump was ignoring Russian murder bounties on American soldiers; and on and on. Each time, fewer and fewer Republicans and center-right pundits went along.

Each time, the “good Republicans” made more of a mockery of themselves and their much-cited “principles.”

Each time, the movie was a little shorter. The years the Democrats and the FBI had once had to peddle their lies had turned to mere months.

The suspicion didn’t stop the lies, of course, but when the FBI finally raided the president’s home, they found those months had turned to mere hours. While Republican leaders who hated Trump, like Sen. Mitch McConnell, were still willing to give the feds a few days, within hours of the raid Republicans as mainstream as Sen. Marco Rubio and as pro-FBI as Sen. Lindsey Graham were denouncing the FBI.

In this new atmosphere, the movie played in fast-forward. When the DOJ’s accusations of misplaced records met broad scrutiny, they became accusations of nuclear danger. When even those met broad skepticism, they morphed into accusations of active Russian treason. No one was buying a ticket this time, though, and by the time a judge forced the FBI to release the affidavit they’d used to justify the raid, expectations were low.

When the FBI finally released its joke-of-an-affidavit, its antics had become a full-blown internet meme.

It’s generally a dangerous thing for a public to distrust its institutions, but in this case, it’s just the opposite. The reality is while the FBI has indeed accomplished a thing or two in the near-century it’s existed in its modern form, it’s always been highly politicized.

More than 70 years ago, then-Congressman Richard Nixon didn’t trust them with the damning evidence he’d gathered to indict top State Department official Alger Hiss as a Communist spy, because he knew they’d bury the embarrassing facts to protect the administration.

More than 50 years ago, the FBI bugged Sen. Barry Goldwater’s campaign phones and placed a spy on the team he’d built to defeat President Lyndon Johnson. That same year, they sent a letter to Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife, seemingly implying he should commit suicide within 34 days — and threatening to expose tape-recordings of his multiple sexual affairs if he did not.

The transformation of the FBI in response to public scrutiny and pressure from Congress after abuses during J. Edgar Hoover’s tenure as director is one that has been documented by many historians, but it continues today with politicians such as Mike Pence still believing people’s skepticism towards long-politicized law enforcement will be a threat our country if left unchecked.

However both history nor more recent facts bear out their concern because while there were certainly some problems within this agency before 9/11 hit America – specifically regarding intelligence gathering operations which led them away form using traditional criminal investigative techniques–this change did happen rapidly following these attacks; thus creating an institutionally distorted version off what might have occurred had events gone differently

The people are always on guard against power abuses and in a healthy country, they will be deeply suspicious of law- enforcement officials who lie for political purposes. The FBI’s affidavit is an embarrassing joke that only serves to highlight our broken justice system – but it also gives us something worth laughing about!

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