Busted And Panicking: Trump Sent Apparent Threat To Attorney General After Search

Legal heat on Donald Trump intensifying as The New York Times reports on an unusual backchannel message Trump sent to Attorney General Garland, saying "the country is on fire" and adding he wants to help "reduce the heat." It comes amid an “unprecedented” rise in threats to the FBI after Trump's Mar-A-Lago home was legally searched. Former FBI special agent Asha Rangappa says it's wrong for a search subject to send that kind of message, adding: “It was very improper… an act of desperation,” and it “sounded like a veiled quid-pro-quo.”

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Busted And Panicking: Trump Sent Apparent Threat To Attorney General After Search

[JasonBoyce]

"We need the affidavit" and you will get it if Trump is charged, just like everybody else in America

[gsmith]

Merrick Garland can have it anyway he wants he's the Attorney General not the former Attorney General.

[hawleygriffin]

Lyndsey Graham: "Show your cards so we can put a hit on the witnesses or pay them off, and better figure out how to circumvent the evidence you have on us."

[maxhart]

The volume of their screaming shows exactly how scared they are that their false idol will get what he deserves.

[hughs.citizen]

Until Lindsey obeys the law and adheres to the subpoena and testifies he should stop criticizing the FBI for doing their job as being inappropriate when he ignores the laws..

[michaelwachendorf]

Threatening law enforcement is also against the law and especially in his case.

[Jasper_Yay]

The only reason they want to see the affidavit is so they know how to form a defense and lie to their constituents as usual. they should show them nothing until it’s in court.

[rgeraldalexander]

Plead the 5th over 400 times and threaten the authorities, exactly what we expect from the mob.

[GTransformed]

"If we nominate Trump, we will get we will deserve it."
--Lindsey Graham

[jeremims]

the irony of the GOP calling anyone Nazi or Gestapo....

[sweetypie]

Get the National Guard in here for those crazy Trump allies who are threatening the FBI, federal judges and the armed protesters that come within 100 feet of any law enforcement facility. Arrest them with hefty fines. Show them that they too are not above the law.

[richietattersall]

If telling them to "Stand back, Strand by" WASN'T a precursor to what they were going to do in the future, what was it?

[thatcanada]

Trump supporters - if a Democrat did what Trump did, you would be mad, and rightly so, but then why do you feel compelled to rush to protect Trump?

[dawg]

Here’s an idea. Start treating these people like you would treat ordinary citizens. This wouldn’t be tolerated from average everyday people. Prosecutor them without prejudice.

[serendipitouslytranscenden]

What kind of world are we living in that these folks feel comfortable threatening our AG?

[amandalanders]

All of a sudden it's called political persecution, in reality it's called justice

[SushiGammon]

STOP PUTTING STEVE BANNON ON THE NEWS _ STOP GIVING HIM A VOICE!

[Scarter]

20 boxes of stolen documents show it wasn't a fishing expedition.

[ladye]

Linzy has a lot of nerve talking about transparency, how about you show the same transparency by testifying in Georgia.

[cindyhill]

"You do what we say or we'll send our lunatic army after you." Well put. Exactly the phrase I've been looking for to adequately explain the current state of affairs in the USA to my European friends & colleagues.