Biden's FBI secretly raids, ransacks Trump home, plants evidence.
That's a summary of the Fox network coverage of the day's big story.
Problems: It was not a secret. The FBI notified the ex-president's Secret Service guard in advance, so it was not a surprise.
Problems: It was not a secret. The FBI notified the ex-president's Secret Service guard in advance, so it was not a surprise.
Secondly, the president's office denies it knew about the planned operation. The FBI routinely does its own investigating, without asking permission from a president. Trump himself fired the FBI director who refused to take his instructions at the time.
As for "planting" any evidence, there is only a Trumpian claim about that. The odds of the nation's premier investigative agency planting evidence against a former president protected by another premier government agency are somewhere between slim and none.
As for "planting" any evidence, there is only a Trumpian claim about that. The odds of the nation's premier investigative agency planting evidence against a former president protected by another premier government agency are somewhere between slim and none.
And the term "ransack" implies a shoddy, messy rough operation the opposite of neatness.
The FBI apparently did its best to keep the operation quiet, and its agents wore no identifying jackets. But Trump himself announced it on his Twitter web site, and his supporters have been very outspoken in their opposition, even warning of the possibility of warfare.
Separately, the ex-president declined to answer any questions put to him during a New York grand jury investigation of his business dealings in that city. In the past, Trump has been outspoken in his criticism of anyone who cites the Fifth Amendment in their refusal to answer questions.
The FBI apparently did its best to keep the operation quiet, and its agents wore no identifying jackets. But Trump himself announced it on his Twitter web site, and his supporters have been very outspoken in their opposition, even warning of the possibility of warfare.
Separately, the ex-president declined to answer any questions put to him during a New York grand jury investigation of his business dealings in that city. In the past, Trump has been outspoken in his criticism of anyone who cites the Fifth Amendment in their refusal to answer questions.
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