“How dare they!” Jupiter resident Kathy Luksch stands with others gathered to support Donald Trump near Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach,Florida.Credit:The Palm Beach Post/AP
Hinting at a possible congressional investigation into the sitting attorney-general if Republicans take control of the House after the midterm elections,McCarthy added:“Attorney-General Garland,preserve your documents and clear your calendar.”
The attacks on the search of Trump’s beachfront domain in southern Florida continued a long-standing reflex among his supporters to assail federal law-enforcement officials as biased and corrupt.
Trump and his allies have relentlessly disparaged the FBI for taking the lead in the investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. And more recently,Trump’s allies in Congress and the media have sought to deflect blame from him by baselessly depicting the January 6 assault on the Capitol as a “false flag” operation run by the bureau and abetted by the Justice Department.
One of the most strident attacks on federal law enforcement after the raid came from Florida state legislator Anthony Sabatini,who is running for Congress as a Republican in a district near Orlando.
A supporter parks near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.Credit:The Palm Beach Post/AP
“It’s time for us in the Florida Legislature to call an emergency legislative session&amend our laws regarding federal agencies,” Sabatini wrote on Twitter. “Sever all ties with DOJ immediately. Any FBI agent conducting law enforcement functions outside the purview of our State should be arrested upon sight.”