FBI Says ‘Deadly Force’ Authorization SOP For Mar-A-Lago Raid — Former Secret Service Agent Says Not So Fast The Daily Wire
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TheFBIissuedastatementsayingthatwhenJoeBiden’sadministrationauthorizedthe“useofdeadlyforce”duringthe2022raidonformerPresidentDonaldTrump’sMar-a-Lagoestate,itwaslargelyinaccordancewithStandardOperatingProcedures(SOPs)—butformerSecretServiceAgentDanBonginoarguedthattherewereotherfactorsinvolved.
AccordingtoareportpublishedTuesdaybyFoxNewsDigital,an“OperationsOrder”washandedoveraspartofthediscoveryprocessinSpecialCounselJackSmith’sclassifieddocumentscaseagainstTrump—andthatorderincludeda“PolicyStatement”thatsaid,“LawEnforcementofficersoftheDepartmentofJusticemayusedeadlyforcewhennecessary.”
ThegoaloftheFBI’sraidonTrump’sproperty,accordingtothatsameorder,wastoexecuteasearchwarrant“toseizeclassifiedinformation,NDI,andUSGovernmentrecords.”
Agentswerealsoreportedlyinstructedtodressinsuchawayastohide“lawenforcementequipment”despit
