Trump, Allies Misrepresent FBI Order on Document Search at Mar-a-Lago - FactCheck.org

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Armed FBI agents were preparing to confront Trump and even engage Secret Service if necessary. ...
39% : The claim is based on a misquote of FBI policy in a legal motion -- and Trump wasn't in Florida during the search.
36% : Gestapo."But the operations order was just repeating standard Department of Justice policy, and there was no plan to "confront Trump," who was in New York City during the search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
31% : "The claim spread on other social media accounts associated with Trump adviser Steve Bannon, including a May 22 Instagram post by the account @bannonswarroom, which said, "The FBI Raid At Mar-A-Lago Was An Attempted Assassination On President Trump.
25% : Trump and two of his employees, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, were indicted in 2023 on charges of mishandling sensitive classified documents and obstructing federal officials who tried to retrieve them, as we've written.
16% : A fundraising appeal on the Trump National Committee web page said, "BIDEN'S DOJ WAS AUTHORIZED TO SHOOT ME!"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of Trump, posted on X on May 21, "The Biden DOJ and FBI were planning to assassinate Pres Trump and gave the green light.
6% : But Trump supporters and social media posts now falsely claim the raid was an "attempted assassination" of Trump.

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