Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago Raid: FBI Director Fires Back at ‘Deplorable’ Threats After Controversial Trump Search

Supporters of former President Donald Trump have been sending law enforcement, particularly the FBI, some threats following their raid on Trump's Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, despite claiming they support the police. Some of these threats are even violent. However, FBI Director Christopher Wray has some strong words against those people sending these threats.

In a speech inside an FBI field office in Omaha, Nebraska, Wray pushed back on these threats made on social media, where several Trump supporters threatened a mass uprising and even a civil war. He called these threats "deplorable and dangerous."

He said that he was concerned about threats to law enforcement and added, "Violence against law enforcement is not the answer, no matter who you're upset with."

The threats were made on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. However, a majority of them were made on sites popular with far-right groups and white supremacists like Gab, as well as Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, according to NPR.

Fox News reported that many of these were death threats aimed not only at Wray and FBI agents but also at Attorney General Merrick Garland. They now travel with armed security.

FBI Director Christopher Wray Declines to Comment About Mar-a-Lago Raid

The Mar-a-Lago raid was certainly historic, as this was the first time the FBI ever raided the home of a former president. However, when asked about the raid, the FBI director declined to comment about it as investigations are still ongoing.

The search at Mar-a-Lago is part of an ongoing investigation into whether Trump took classified records from the White House. The Department of Justice is currently looking into whether or not Trump mishandled classified information. It was denounced by many of Trump's supporters and the Republican establishment but widely hailed by Democrats and critics of the former president, both from the left and from the right.

Attorney General Merrick Garland Asks Court to Unseal Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant

Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged the "extraordinary public interest" in the case. In a press conference, he said he is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant the FBI used to search Mar-a-Lago. The Associated Press noted that such a request is striking because these documents usually remain sealed during a pending investigation.

However, the Justice Department recognized that bitter verbal attacks and posts from Trump and his supporters and allies had created a huge public interest in the matter, thus deciding that the public was entitled to know what the search was actually for.

Court documents filed in Florida have shown that "[t]he public's clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances" was the reason for the DOJ to file the request to unseal.

The Associated Press has reported that the request is now with the Federal Judge in Florida, and Trump could object to unsealing it should it reveal unflattering information about the former president.

Donald Trump is having trouble not just with the handling of classified documents as he also has a litany of other cases to contend with. This includes the civil and criminal cases by New York state and Manhattan against the Trump Organization, the Georgia investigations into his election interferance attampts, and of course, the January 6 House Committee investigations.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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