FBI agents allegedly lacked probable cause for Trump Mar-a-Lago raid

President Trump has faced unprecedented legislation, including four indictments, two impeachments, and countless lawsuits aimed at removing him from power, seizing his wealth, and even imprisoning him for life. The most striking example? The FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago property in August 2022. This week, we learned that even FBI agents do not believe there is a possible motive for the fake print.

The Fourth Amendment is the foundation of our Republic. The government cannot search or seize a person’s home, office, papers, or person without good cause. Generally, authorities must obtain a search warrant before searching or seizing.

When the Mar-a-Lago raid became public, vigilantes were horrified that we had crossed the Rubicon. FBI agents went through Trump’s personal belongings and took his passport. They edited photos of folders allegedly containing classified information randomly scattered around, and the Justice Department under then-President Biden released them to the media to cast Trump in a negative light.

The material in question consisted of records that Trump was allowed to keep under the Presidential Records Act. A fight broke out between Trump and the National Archives, which wanted some documents. Biden Deputy White House Counsel Jonathan Su waived his executive privilege, allowing the Biden Justice Department to launch an investigation. The Justice Department issued a warrant to search and seize the records, and Trump was indicted the following year for allegedly unlawfully withholding classified material.

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The whole process was broken. First of all, the records were under Secret Service protection. Former presidents receive federal funding for secure office space so they can keep secret records. Before Biden’s embarrassing decision to exclude Trump, former presidents were entitled to classified intelligence briefings. Trump allowed government officials to come to Mar-a-Lago to view the records and only opposed their handing over.

Second, the reason the records were returned had nothing to do with security concerns. Trump had many records related to Operation Crossfire Hurricane, the official name of the Obama-Clinton Russia Collusion Hoax. Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign uncovered allegations that Trump colluded with Russia to hack Clinton’s emails. Trump sued Clinton and the Democratic National Committee based on the Russia investigation.

Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith enters a room in the Rayburn House Office Building to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, part of his oversight of Justice Department investigations into President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Third, the arrest warrant was fraudulent because the judge was not impartial and impartial. Southern District of Florida Magistrate Judge Bruce Rinehart signed the arrest warrant. Just six weeks ago, Rinehart had withdrawn from the Trump/Clinton case. The reason was clear: Rinehart, as a civilian in 2017, wrote a Facebook post viciously attacking Trump. The Biden Justice Department turned to a clearly biased judge to issue the arrest warrant.

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This week, through documents released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, we learned that even agents in the FBI’s Washington Field Office did not think probable cause existed for the raid. The personal involvement of the Washington Field Office in the incident is scandalous. The alleged crime occurred in the Southern District of Florida. But Biden Special Counsel Jack Smith used the D.C. grand jury to obtain the subpoena. D.C. voted for Trump’s opponents at a rate of 90% or higher in the last three elections. Smith also went to unabashedly left-wing D.C. Chief District judges Beryl Howell and James Boasberg for favorable rulings. Smith only indicted Trump in the Southern District of Florida because he feared his D.C. conviction would be reversed due to improper venue.

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon. (US Courts) (US Courts)

Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon invalidated Smith’s appointment on constitutional grounds. Then Trump won a decisive election victory last November and Smith fled to Europe, ending the infamous witch hunt.

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The case against Trump, his aides, his supporters, and even members of Congress threatened to destroy the Republic, most obviously during Operation Arctic Frost, when the phone records of nearly a dozen senators were compromised. But the lawful perpetrators have failed, and it is time for legal accountability in the form of an allegation of conspiracy against rights under 18 USC § 241.

The government searched the home of a former president without probable cause to seize records in an effort to protect a corrupt former presidential candidate and end Trump’s future political hopes. And the government got the warrant from a biased judicial disgrace who has no business being anywhere near any Trump-related case. What happened is a stain on the judiciary and the nation. Justice must and will come.