The fabricated claim that the FBI "planted evidence" at Mar-a-Lago is taking the right by storm

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fabricated-claim-fbi-planted-evidence-mar-lago-taking-right-storm

The baseless claim that the FBI may have planted evidence while carrying out a court-approved search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday has surged through right-wing media, as the former president’s allies continue their effort to turn their audiences against the probe and shield Trump from accountability.

The FBI searched the premises after obtaining a warrant from a federal magistrate judge and “removed a number of boxes of documents” as part of a federal investigation into whether Trump had illegally “taken a trove of material with him to his home at Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House that included sensitive documents – and then, in the Justice Department’s view, had failed to fully comply with requests that he return the disputed material,” The New York Times reported. Politico concluded after consulting with legal experts on the handling of classified documents that “it’s highly unlikely the DOJ would have pursued – and a judge would have granted – such a politically explosive search warrant without extraordinary evidence.”

Trump could shed light on the events by releasing the copy of the search warrant his lawyers received at the time, which would detail what investigators were seeking and what laws they convinced a judge may have been violated, as well as the inventory they provided of what they seized. He reportedly has “no plans” to do so. Instead, Trump and his right-wing media supporters have responded with fury and conspiracy theories.

Trump’s propagandists began speculating on Tuesday that the FBI may have planted evidence at the scene. The notion first seems to have first surfaced in an interview with one of Trump’s lawyers, who suggested it was true, and spread rapidly throughout the day through the right-wing media ecosystem, including on Fox News. By Wednesday morning, Trump himself was nodding to it on his Truth Social platform.

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[2naSalit]

1. Saw that coming from way over here.

They can't help themselves.

[mitch96]

11. Even before they know WHAT the evidence is, it's been planted. Their game is to discredit

ANYTHING and keep repeating it ad nauseam ad nauseam ad nauseam ad nauseam.
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[Elessar Zappa]

2. Lol, good luck with that, MAGAts.

[prodigitalson]

3. Tell it to the jury nt

[RockRaven]

4. Claiming that the evidence was planted is an admission that it is evidence of criminality.

If a MAGAt comes at you with this, laugh in their face and press them on this point: "so you agree the evidence in this matter demonstrates criminal behavior?"

[MontanaMama]

5. They're deranged.

Every day I think I can’t be surprised. Every day I’m wrong.

[Nevilledog]

13. This shit should be disqualifying

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Rand Paul suggests the FBI may have planted evidence in boxes they seized from Mar-a-Lago


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7:52 AM · Aug 10, 2022

[MontanaMama]

16. Absolutely it should be disqualifying!!!

Clearly they've adopted these talking points. All provable lies.

[spanone]

6. They are lie infused. Incapable of telling the truth about anything.

They glom onto any shred of a conspiracy theory.

They are fucking deplorables.

[MiHale]

7. He won't release the warrant...

The “mystery” of what’s in it is it’s power currently. Not releasing it is a money maker (they’re always picking on me!) if we knew what was in it he couldn’t lie abo….ok I caught myself.

Let’s just say it’s “mystery” is a moneymaking machine

[ultralite001]

8. Let's see the tapes...

You know TFG’s got them…

They are probably being edited as this is being written…

That is all…

[Walleye]

9. So what they are saying is, Trump is guilty as hell

[onecaliberal]

10. EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION.

[MontanaMama]

17. Yes.

Projection of the highest order. They ALL do it.

[jcgoldie]

12. So which is it?

They planted evidence or theres a mole that told them where to find it. Can't be both right?

[Sneederbunk]

14. Similar to their stolen election rationale.

They know evidence was planted, they just don't know what it is.

[Buckeyeblue]

15. Let's keep track of the "planted evidence" crowd

At some point they are going to have to walk that back. These people that continue to back Trump with asinine assertions need to be investigated...there is something nefarious going on.

[TheBeam19]

18. His base wouldn't have believed he had done wrong anyway.

It was just a matter of which talking point they would go with to dismiss everything.

The fact they’ve already decided on one is kind of funny, though.

There’s no getting through to these people. They have checked out of reality. They’re gone.