Delaware Online Article RatingLive updates: DOJ search warrant shows Trump being probed in connection with espionage statutes
Aug 12, 2022 View Original Article
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| "As always, we would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious to report it to law enforcement immediately." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Republican response: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago" | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The FBI is always concerned about violence and threats of violence to law enforcement, including the men and women of the FBI, the bureau said in a statement." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Previously: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-LagoMore: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes Republicans 'attacking the integrity of the FBI'While Donald Trump's legal troubles are focused, for now, on the search of his Florida estate, a high-profile lawyer has joined the former president's legal team to deal with a far-reaching criminal investigation into election interference led by the Atlanta-area district attorney." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "- Ella LeeTrump records investigation: From early red flags to the search at Mar-a-LagoAfter an armed man attempted to breach the FBI's Cinciati field office and a wave of anger directed against federal law enforcement following the search of Donald Trump's Florida estate, the FBI urged the public Friday to report suspicious activity to authorities." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Lawyers, journalists, government officials and political professionals across the world are busy refreshing websites Friday while waiting to see records from the search of Donald Trump's home." | Positive | 24% Conservative |
| "- David JacksonHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her weekly news conference offered few details and little reaction to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "- David JacksonHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her weekly news conference offered few details and little reaction to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "A list of items removed from the property, obtained by the Journal, included binders of photos, a handwritten note, information about the President of France and the executive grant of clemency for Trump ally Roger Stone." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "I think what is important to know now is the seriousness of what these documents were alleged to be about…Our concern is always to protect and defend, Pelosi said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Truth Social deleted the profile for @rickywshifferjr Thursday afternoon, shortly after media reports began identifying Shiffer.-- Will CarlessRead the whole story here: Suspect in Cinciati FBI breach may have posted on Trump's Truth Social during incidentRepublican members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will offer their defense of embattled former President Donald Trump during a 9 a.m. news conference Friday at the Capitol, where they will demand more answers about the Monday search at Mar-a-Lago." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Document: Read the Justice Department's motion to unseal Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrantLatest developments:u25baFBI agents who searched Donald Trump's home this week retrieved boxes that included 11 sets of classified documents, said a person who has reviewed the documents." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Other items included on a receipt provided to Trump and his attorneys, listing the material removed, included tantalizing references to a document related to the 2020 clemency granted to longtime adviser Roger Stone, a line item referencing the President of France and other more iocuous seizures: two binders of undesignated photographs and a handwritten note." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Republican response: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Read the search warrant: Read the FBI's search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago propertyNot only will I not oppose the release of the documents, Trump said in a statement late Thursday, I am going a step further by encouraging the immediate release of those documents." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Read the search warrant: Read the FBI's search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago propertyNot only will I not oppose the release of the documents, Trump said in a statement late Thursday, I am going a step further by encouraging the immediate release of those documents." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The investigation stems from how Trump handled national security information and reached a fever pitch Monday when the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Findling has long been a prominent figure on the Atlanta legal scene who not only maintains a distinguished client list but a colorful Twitter account that carries the hashtag #BillionDollarLawyer.-- Kevin JohnsonTrump under scrutiny: Mar-a-Lago document inquiry is one of many investigations Trump faces" | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "-- Josh MeyerWhat we know: What did the FBI look for - and find - when searching Trump's Mar-a-Lago home?" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Pelosi, who said she has 30 years of experience with national intelligence, said she hasn't been formally briefed on the situation and knows only what's in the public domain." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "- Erin MansfieldFBI agents who searched Donald Trump's home this week retrieved boxes that included 11 sets of classified documents, said a person who has reviewed the documents." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The only thing known is that Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart asked the Justice Department to submit a filing by mid-afternoon today:On or before 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 12, 2022, the United States shall file a certificate of conferral advising whether former President Trump opposes the Government's motion to unseal." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Before the document was released, details of what the FBI was looking for in its Monday search started to be reported, including that FBI agents who searched Trump's home retrieved boxes that included 11 sets of classified documents, said a person who has reviewed the documents." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The executive grant of clemency that former President Donald Trump issued for ally Roger Stone was among the documents the FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reports." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Attorney General Merrick Garland said he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant on former President Donald Trump's property." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "-- Candy WoodallPreviously: Merrick Garland files motion to unseal search warrant used on Trump's Mar-a-Lago home" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The judge said Thursday that the government needed to serve Trump with its motion to unseal the search warrant and report back by 3 p.m. EDT." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "She did not answer whether there will be a Congressional committee or investigation convened to look into the material Trump was storing." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reported that investigators were concerned about Trump having material from special access programs, which the Times described as a designation saved for sensitive operations carried out by the United States abroad or closely held technologies and capabilities." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Although the Justice Department on Thursday moved to unseal a warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, The Palm Beach Post filed court papers to ensure the entire warrant - not just parts of it - are available to the public." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "u25baThe Washington Post reported Thursday that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items sought by FBI agents in the search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence Monday, citing anonymous sources." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The Washington Post reported that some of the documents FBI agents sought in a search of Trump's estate related to nuclear weapons." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Other attorneys point out that, if the warrant is that meaningless, Trump could have released it days ago." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "We would protect and defend them to thank them for their service, but when we have a brewing matter of distrust, we have to get to the bottom of it and fix it, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., a former FBI agent, said of the search." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "- Kevin JohnsonA search warrant reveals the Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump in with coection with statutes related to the Espionage Act and obstruction." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "In a Friday press conference, Republican members of the House intelligence committee raised concerns over the Monday search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence by federal agents, calling on the Justice Department to release additional information about the reason it was executed." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump has more classified information in his head than he does in his desk, Turner said." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The focus on President Trump may be newsworthy, but this investigation is wholly misdirected and politically driven." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The warrant authorizing federal agents to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence was unsealed Friday by a federal judge, after the Justice Department requested that it be made public." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The action came shortly after the Department of Justice wrote in a new court filing Friday that, after conferring with Trump's attorneys, the former president does not object to making the search warrant of his Mar-a-Lago estate public." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "u25ba The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network, filed court papers to ensure the entire search warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate - not just parts of it - are available to the public." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "- Candy WoodallThe Department of Justice wrote in a new court filing that, after conferring with former president Donald Trump's attorneys, he does not object to making the search warrant public." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "When President Barack Obama left office in 2017, the National Archives and Records Administration moved about 30 million pages of unclassified records to a facility in Chicago where the federal agency continues to maintain them." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., another ally of Trump, tweeted: Attorney General Garland must release the information as to why a warrant was necessary, not what was taken ..." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., another ally of Trump, tweeted: Attorney General Garland must release the information as to why a warrant was necessary, not what was taken ..." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Trump's purported possession of such material has raised concern among government officials that the information could be vulnerable to acquisition efforts by foreign adversaries, the Times reported." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "A USA TODAY review of online postings by an account in that name shows the account had recently posted angry reactions to news of the FBI raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida home." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "This document, filed in response to the judge, said Trump did not object and reiterated the motion to unseal the search warrant." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The expectations for the warrant should be tampered down, tweeted Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for Trump." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart facing firestorm for signing Mar-a-Lago search warrantThe man who authorities say attempted to breach security at an Ohio FBI office Thursday morning may have been posting messages to former President Donald Trump's Truth Social site, even as he was engaged in the attempted incursion." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "She did express some concern, however, about reports that suggest Trump was storing sensitive information at Mar-a-Lago about nuclear weapons." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "What to know about the longtime Trump ally and Republican strategistTrump's handling of classified documents, especially bringing them to Mar-a-Lago where potentially hundreds of friends of club members had access to them, represents an extraordinary risk to national security on a wide range of fronts, said J. William Leonard, the former head of the U.S. National Archives' Information Security Oversight Office and the government's overseer of classification of records." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "What to know about the longtime Trump ally and Republican strategistTrump's handling of classified documents, especially bringing them to Mar-a-Lago where potentially hundreds of friends of club members had access to them, represents an extraordinary risk to national security on a wide range of fronts, said J. William Leonard, the former head of the U.S. National Archives' Information Security Oversight Office and the government's overseer of classification of records." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The National Archives on Friday responded to misinformation former President Donald Trump has spread about how his predecessor handled government records as he exited office." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "After the search: FBI's Christopher Wray denounces threats following search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "After the search: FBI's Christopher Wray denounces threats following search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home" | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The full document: Read the FBI's search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago propertyAbout half of the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's Florida residence, had confidential, secret or top-secret classifications." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "The full document: Read the FBI's search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago propertyAbout half of the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's Florida residence, had confidential, secret or top-secret classifications." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "About half the documents removed from Trump's Florida estate were marked with the highest security classifications, and the warrant shows the former president is being investigated for possibly breaking three federal laws: removal or destruction of records, obstructing an investigation, and violating the Espionage Act." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "As required by the (Presidential Records Act), former President Obama has no control over where and how NARA stores the presidential records of his administration, according to the statement." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, ranking member of the committee, said that he and other committee members are certainly concerned about unsecured classified information possibly being in a storage area, but added that the documents are just one piece of the puzzle." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Previously: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-LagoMore: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes Republicans 'attacking the integrity of the FBI'While Donald Trump's legal troubles are focused, for now, on the search of his Florida estate, a high-profile lawyer has joined the former president's legal team to deal with a far-reaching criminal investigation into election interference led by the Atlanta-area district attorney." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Previously: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-LagoMore: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes Republicans 'attacking the integrity of the FBI'While Donald Trump's legal troubles are focused, for now, on the search of his Florida estate, a high-profile lawyer has joined the former president's legal team to deal with a far-reaching criminal investigation into election interference led by the Atlanta-area district attorney." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Previously: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-LagoMore: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes Republicans 'attacking the integrity of the FBI'While Donald Trump's legal troubles are focused, for now, on the search of his Florida estate, a high-profile lawyer has joined the former president's legal team to deal with a far-reaching criminal investigation into election interference led by the Atlanta-area district attorney." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Trump commuted Stone's sentence in July 2020, days before Stone was to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "- Ella LeeTrump records investigation: From early red flags to the search at Mar-a-LagoAfter an armed man attempted to breach the FBI's Cinciati field office and a wave of anger directed against federal law enforcement following the search of Donald Trump's Florida estate, the FBI urged the public Friday to report suspicious activity to authorities." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "-- Candy WoodallFBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home Monday were looking for highly classified material, according to reports by the Washington Post and New York Times." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "The Department of Justice is due to update the Southern District of Florida by 3 p.m. EDT as to whether former president Donald Trump opposes the government's motion to unseal." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "The paperwork isn't out yet, but Donald Trump supporters are already attacking the Mar-a-Lago search warrant as insufficient." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Trump has repeatedly claimed that Obama kept millions of documents, including classified material." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Trump has repeatedly claimed that Obama kept millions of documents, including classified material." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Trump responded on Truth Social calling the report a hoax." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., the No. 3 House Republican, claimed without evidence that the raid was the Biden administration's attempt to act against his political opponent." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., the No. 3 House Republican, claimed without evidence that the raid was the Biden administration's attempt to act against his political opponent." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Stone, whose charges came as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, was found guilty in 2019 of lying to Congress and obstructing the investigation." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Stone, whose charges came as a result of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, was found guilty in 2019 of lying to Congress and obstructing the investigation." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "- David JacksonFederal agents who searched the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump removed 11 sets of classified documents, some marked as top secret, the Wall Street Journal reported." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "- David JacksonFederal agents who searched the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump removed 11 sets of classified documents, some marked as top secret, the Wall Street Journal reported." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, the lead Republican on the committee, said Thursday he was unaware of any actual or alleged national security threat posed by any information, data or documents in the possession of former President Trump." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
| "Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, the lead Republican on the committee, said Thursday he was unaware of any actual or alleged national security threat posed by any information, data or documents in the possession of former President Trump." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
56% : "As always, we would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious to report it to law enforcement immediately."50% : Republican response: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago
46% : "The FBI is always concerned about violence and threats of violence to law enforcement, including the men and women of the FBI," the bureau said in a statement.
36% : Previously: GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-LagoMore: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes Republicans 'attacking the integrity of the FBI'While Donald Trump's legal troubles are focused, for now, on the search of his Florida estate, a high-profile lawyer has joined the former president's legal team to deal with a far-reaching criminal investigation into election interference led by the Atlanta-area district attorney.
33% :- Ella LeeTrump records investigation: From early red flags to the search at Mar-a-LagoAfter an armed man attempted to breach the FBI's Cincinnati field office and a wave of anger directed against federal law enforcement following the search of Donald Trump's Florida estate, the FBI urged the public Friday to report suspicious activity to authorities.
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