Trump Doubles Down on Mar-a-Lago ‘Deadly Force’ Raid Criticism as Jack Smith Seeks Gag Order

Published on May 25, 2024

A day after special counsel Jack Smith demanded a gag order to bar former President Donald Trump from commenting in certain ways on the circumstances of the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago home, the former president doubled down on his rhetoric about the “deadly force” authorization for the raid. “Biden’s DOJ authorized use of deadly force against President Trump in Mar-a-Lago raid,” reads a meme that President Trump shared on Saturday on social media, with the post featuring an image of President Joe Biden giving a speech while clenching his fists. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who heads the Department of Justice (DOJ), reacted critically on Thursday to a similar comment by President Trump that claimed that the Biden administration authorized the FBI to use deadly force against him during a search of his Mar-a-Lago property for classified documents....