'Save Trump or country': Ex-prez grilled for repeating FBI 'deadly force' claim as Jack Smith scrambles to get gag order

In a fundraising email, Donald Trump revived the claim, misquoting a part of FBI policy that has been refuted by several experts
PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2024
Donald Trump repeated the claim that the FBI was authorized to use 'deadly force' when they searched Mar-a-Lago as special prosecutor Jack Smith scrambled to get a gag order (Getty Images, YouTube/MSNBC)
Donald Trump repeated the claim that the FBI was authorized to use 'deadly force' when they searched Mar-a-Lago as special prosecutor Jack Smith scrambled to get a gag order (Getty Images, YouTube/MSNBC)

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump's campaign stepped up its accusations that FBI agents were authorized to use 'deadly force' against him while they searched Mar-a-Lago for classified documents as Special Prosecutor Jack Smith hurried to obtain a gag order to quiet the debunked assertion, Raw Story stated.

The likely nominee for the GOP misquoted a part of FBI policy in a fundraising email to supporters that was received late on Sunday, May 26. The revived claim has been refuted by a number of experts, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, who referred to Trump's use of it as 'dangerous'.

Donald Trump repeats FBI 'deadly force' claim

The fundraiser read, "This is an Alert from Donald Trump. DEADLY FORCE? Biden authorized it. They brought guns to the raid on Mar-a-Lago! I’m sick and tired of the Radical Left destroying this country and trying to destroy me. Here’s the bottom line: I WILL NEVER SURRENDER. AND NEITHER WILL YOU!"

Notably, the next part of the message requested up to $500 donation. The Guardian published a story about the most recent fundraising initiative.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Mark Peterson - Pool/Getty Images)
Donald Trump was not present at Mar-a-Lago when the FBI agents arrived there (Mark Peterson - Pool/Getty Images)

Moreover, the basis for Trump's assertion is an FBI policy that allows agents to use deadly force, "When necessary, that is, when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to another person."

When FBI agents conduct searches, they always make this declaration. When the agents arrived at Mar-a-Lago, Trump was not there. The FBI said in a statement, "No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter."

Pictured (L-R): Jack Smith, Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Jack Smith requested an injunction on Friday, May 24, restricting Donald Trump's speech regarding the raid (Getty Images)

Notably, Smith requested an injunction on Friday, May 24, restricting Trump's speech regarding the raid. Smith said that there was a risk in the assertions of what some Trump supporters have referred to as an 'assassination' attempt.

Donald Trump faces backlash as he repeats FBI 'deadly force' claim

Several internet users trolled Donald Trump as his campaign stepped up its accusations that FBI agents were authorized to use 'deadly force' against him while they searched Mar-a-Lago for secret materials.

Some of the online comments read, "Hilarious...it's not save Trump and save the country...it's save Trump OR save the country" while one added, "Biden has an absolute Article II power to have Trump eliminated at any time and his judgement can never be examinable by the courts. Read the constitution!"

Another comment read, "Yes, Trump, the cops can shoot you dead if you even slightly resist. If you listened to BLM protests instead of threatening them, you might already know this" whereas one comment stated, "Even the biggest Hopium addicts are starting to realize there will be no justice for the orange traitor in Florida."

A comment also mentioned, "The only one who cares about this bull***t is Trump and his outlaw base".

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