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Trump Says Passports Seized by FBI, Unable to Leave Country
Donald Trump claimed that his passports were seized by the FBI during its raid of his Mar-a-Lago home last week. The former president went on Truth Social and said, “Wow! In the raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, they stole my three Passports (one expired), along with everything else. This is an assault on a political opponent at a level never seen before in our Country. Third World!” Whether the seizure of Trump’s passports actually happened is still being verified, as the FBI made a statement saying it was at the moment not in possession of Trump’s passports, but that’s different from saying the agency never had them. An email has also come out from someone in law enforcement saying the passports were being returned to Trump at 2 pm ET yesterday. Maybe the passports were mistakenly taken because they were in the same place as the documents the FBI wanted, maybe they were taken because the agency deemed Trump to be a flight risk, or maybe they were never taken at all. At this point, the truth of the matter is still unclear.
Trump Threatens, Says His Followers Will Do "Terrible Things"
Donald Trump is threatening that his followers will do “terrible things” if the FBI investigation into his alleged wrongdoing continues. Trump did an interview with Fox News Digital and said, “The country is in a very dangerous position. There is tremendous anger, like I've never seen before, over all of the scams, and this new one — years of scams and witch hunts, and now this.” He went on to say, “People are so angry at what is taking place. Whatever we can do to help — because the temperature has to be brought down in the country. If it isn’t, terrible things are going to happen.” With these statements, Trump is clearly using coded language to threaten the DOJ and FBI. While he doesn’t have much leverage with respect to the investigation itself, he does have leverage by way of his millions of dedicated followers, some of whom would be willing to commit violence in his name as we saw from the events of January 6, 2021. There have already been examples of violence over the FBI raid, from Washington DC to Cincinnati, and Trump will have no interest in deescalating his supporters if the investigation results in a criminal prosecution.
From yesterday’s show:
Lunatic Republican: Trump & DeSantis Have Large Penis Energy
Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for Governor of Arizona, spoke at a Turning Point USA conference and made the claim that Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have the energy of men with large genitals. Kari pretended like she was speaking off the cuff and stopped herself when about to say “balls,” referring to Trump’s supposed courage. She then said, “that guy has a backbone made of steel. I’ll tell you what he’s got. I don’t know if you’ve heard of this, but he’s got B.D.E. Anyone know what that means? Ask your kids about it later. I call it Big DeSantis Energy.” Kari Lake is supposedly the favorite of the family-loving god-fearing evangelicals, yet apparently they have no issue with her talking about the genitals of the two most prominent figures in Republican Party politics.
From yesterday’s show:
Trump Facing 33 Years in Prison
When you add up the potential prison time Donald Trump faces just over this latest FBI investigation into his moving of classified documents, the former president could face a total of thirty-three years behind bars. Trump is under investigation for alleged violation of the Espionage Act, which if convicted he could be fined and face up to ten years in prison. The concealment of documents could land him more fines and another three years in prison. Plus, an obstruction of justice charge could result in fines and up to twenty years in prison. These maximum penalties add up to thirty-three years but even if Trump is charged and convicted, he’d likely be serving a much shorter prison sentence if any. But this goes to show the alleged crimes the former president is being investigated for cannot be ignored.
More on the show:
-- President Joe Biden's approval rating is up for 26 days in a row amid great news for Biden and bad news for Trump
-- Andrew Yang appears on CNN to speak to Jim Acosta about his new Forward Party and it does not go well
-- Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani is advised that he is the target of a criminal investigation in Georgia
-- Radical Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene believes that with solar and wind power, people would not have air conditioning
-- Tucker Carlson hosts Jason Whitlock, who erupts in a bizarre anti-transgender word salad
-- Republican Devin Nunes unleashes a dizzying array of conspiracy theories when being interviewed about the FBI search warrant on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home
-- Rudy Giuliani jumps into the Trump assassination conspiracy theory
-- Voicemail caller says that "Obamagate" is nothing more than racist people mad that a black man was elected President
-- On the Bonus Show: Violence hunger and fear in Afghanistan under the Taliban, the latest on the Rust Alec Baldwin shooting, Republicans slash ad spending in key battleground states, much more...
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