'Deeply irresponsible': Trump-world 'deadly force' freakout subjected to brutal fact-check
Former President Donald Trump was subjected to a swift and ruthless fact-check Tuesday after he raged about a new court filing that showed the FBI was authorized to use deadly force when executing a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago country club in 2022.
Trump told followers on Truth Social that the filing was proof of a political conspiracy against him orchestrated by his political foe in the upcoming election, President Joe Biden.
"NOW WE KNOW, FOR SURE, THAT JOE BIDEN IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY," Trump posted.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took it a step further and claimed this was a planned hit on Trump: "The Biden DOJ and FBI were planning to assassinate Pres Trump and gave the green light. I made sure that he knew."
But it wasn't long before experts chimed in and debunked all of this.
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"Yep, every FBI operations order contains a reminder of FBI deadly force policy. Even for a search warrant," wrote former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi. "Deadly force is always authorized if the required threat presents itself."
"That is standard language in search warrants," wrote Huffington Post White House correspondent S.V. Dáte. "They are, after all, dealing with suspected felons."
"Trump wasn’t there," former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) wrote in response to Greene's "assassination" comments. "Everything was coordinated with Secret Service & local law enforcement. Even for you, this is a deeply irresponsible and dangerous thing to say."
Even some right-wing commentators pointed out it was all a bunch of hysteria over nothing.
"I did some digging into the 'deadly force' verbiage that was used in court documents regarding Trump’s classified documents case," wrote right-wing talk radio host Breanna Morello.
"Since 2000, every FBI Operations plan has had the 'Deadly Force Policy' section pre-filled in. All federal Agents are authorized to use Deadly Force in accordance with this policy. I’m told this is nothing unique and is pretty standard."