Name: Analysis on the Optics, Manner, and Details of the FBI’s Raid on Trump’s Florida Home
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Description: Many questions are lingering after the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Which documents were taken? When will the public find out? Did the FBI conduct the search appropriately?

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Many questions are lingering after the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Which documents were taken? When will the public find out? Did the FBI conduct the search appropriately?

NTD spoke with Greg Shaffer, a retired FBI agent on the Elite Hostage Rescue Team, who offers some insight. Shaffer says there are bad optics surrounding the raid and that a subpoena would have been a better route than executing a search warrant.

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