FBI internal regulations bar the FBI from making any political indictments or public disclosures 90 days prior to a general election. August 8, 2022, a day that will live in infamy, occurred 91 days prior to the [[2022 Midterm elections]]. On that day, the Wray FBI raided [[President Donald Trump]]'s home and seized boxes of materials.<ref>https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-fbi-has-raided-president-trumps?utm_source=email</ref> Trump was said to be in possession of certain documents with dirt on the Deep State.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/11/part-4-what-was-in-the-trump-documents-creating-such-fear-in-doj-and-fbi/</ref> President Trump, who has for many years been the target of corrupt FBI activities, suggested one purpose of the raid was to plant evidence.<ref>https://bombardsbodylanguage.com/2022/08/11/body-language-fbi-wray-trump-raid-evidence-concerns/</ref>
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FBI internal regulations bar the FBI from making any political indictments or public disclosures 90 days prior to a general election. Monday August 8, 2022, a day that will live in infamy, occurred 91 days prior to the [[2022 Midterm elections]]. On that day, the Wray FBI raided [[President Donald Trump]]'s home and seized boxes of materials.<ref>https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-fbi-has-raided-president-trumps?utm_source=email</ref> Trump was said to be in possession of certain documents with dirt on the Deep State.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/11/part-4-what-was-in-the-trump-documents-creating-such-fear-in-doj-and-fbi/</ref> President Trump, who has for many years been the target of corrupt FBI activities, suggested one purpose of the raid was to plant evidence.<ref>https://bombardsbodylanguage.com/2022/08/11/body-language-fbi-wray-trump-raid-evidence-concerns/</ref>
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FBI and DOJ operatives overstepped the [[separation of powers]] the following day by seizing Rep. [[Scott Perry]]'s phone.<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/congress/breaking-rep-scott-perry-says-fbi-seized-his-phone-one-day-after-mar-o-lago</ref>
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FBI and DOJ operatives overstepped the [[separation of powers]] the following day by seizing Rep. [[Scott Perry]]'s phone.<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/congress/breaking-rep-scott-perry-says-fbi-seized-his-phone-one-day-after-mar-o-lago</ref> A ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' oped noted:
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{{quotebox-float|"Monday was a sad day for our [[democracy]] and a dark day for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The search of Donald Trump’s [[Florida]] residence was a politically sensitive operation that would have tested the FBI’s reputation for fairness and impartiality in the best of circumstances. But the bureau’s behavior since Mr. Trump came onto the political scene has already left its reputation in tatters."<ref>https://archive.ph/0KnMv</ref>}}