Marjorie Taylor Greene has furiously claimed that Joe Biden was “planning to assassinate Donald Trump ” after she learned that the FBI was “prepared to use deadly force” in its raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
During their search of Trump's Florida residence, federal agents were authorised to use deadly force in the case of "imminent danger of death or serious physical injury" to an officer or other individuals, according to a new court filing unsealed on Tuesday in Trump's classified documents case.
Greene, who is a staunch ally of Donald Trump, reacted with furious outrage suggesting that it meant President Biden and the DOJ gave the FBI an order to kill his predecessor. However, the FBI has said that the raid followed standard operating procedure and “no additional steps” were ordered.
This didn’t stop Trump and his allies from raving on social media, falsely claiming Biden had tried to have him killed, including sending out a fundraising email on the subject. “The Biden DOJ and FBI were planning to assassinate Pres Trump and gave the green light,” Greene wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. “I made sure that he knew.”
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Trump is facing 37 criminal charges relating to mishandling top secret documents taken to his Florida estate after he left office (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Trump took to his Truth Social account, fuming at the news - he wrote that the “Illegal and UnConstitutional Raid of Mar-a-Lago” had “AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE."
“NOW, WE KNOW, FOR SURE, THAT JOE BIDEN IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY,” Trump continued. “HE IS MENTALLY UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE - 25TH AMENDMENT!”
Trump also sent out a fundraising email with the subject line “They were authorised to shoot me!” On the day of the raid, August 8, 2022, the former president was at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey.
“Were they going to shoot [Secret Service] then Pres Trump, Melania, and Barron too???” Green asked in a follow-up Tweet. She used the news as another chance to land a blow on Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
“Speaker Mike Johnson fully funded the DOJ and FBI plus new building and tied our hands behind our backs to hold them accountable,” she fumed. “We have the power of the purse and Johnson has handed the purse to Chuck Schumer. All of this is unforgivable.”
Trump's outraged tweet (Truth Social)“I tried to oust our Speaker who funded Biden’s DOJ AND FBI, but Democrats stopped it.” She also took the opportunity to call for the impeachment of FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Arizona representative Paul Gosar also took to X in support of Trump, tweeting that President Biden “ordered the hit on Trump at Mar-a-Lago.” The FBI issued a statement on Tuesday night, saying the search had followed standard procedure and no additional steps had been ordered.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed it was a plan to assassinate Trump (Twitter)“The FBI followed standard protocol in this search as we do for all search warrants, which includes a standard policy statement limiting the use of deadly force. No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter,” the statement said.
Trump, 77, is facing 37 criminal charges relating to mishandling top-secret documents taken to his Florida estate after he left office. He has challenged the legality of the FBI raid on his property in Palm Beach, Florida - it was documents produced in discovery during this legal challenge that led to his latest outburst.
She called for the impeachment of the FBI Director Christopher and Attorney General (Twitter)An Operation Order for the raid, produced in discovery, contained a policy statement document on the use of deadly force. The Operation Order states: “'for example, Law enforcement officers with the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary...''
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Documents unsealed on Tuesday also show that lawyers for Trump found more classified documents in his bedroom months after the August raid took place. Further classified-marked documents were uncovered in November 2022 in a leased storage unit and in the office at Mar-a-Lago in December 2022, according to an unsealed opinion from Judge Beryl Howell from March 2023.
“Notably, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss the classified-marked documents found in his own bedroom at Mar-a-Lago,” the judge wrote.
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