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'This could get ugly': Mitch McConnell and his allies are cautious while other Republicans escalate rhetoric against FBI

The FBI search warrant executed on Monday at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida has triggered an explosion of fury among Republican voters and elected leaders. Several, like Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), have called to defund or abolish the FBI, and many Trump supporters have been openly discussing civil war on social media.

But according to POLITICO, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his allies have remained cautious, wanting to wait and see where the FBI investigation goes — and fearful of the consequences of radicalizing the Republican Party against federal law enforcement.

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Trump admin was so worried about classified info it referred 334 cases to DOJ for prosecution: report

Donald Trump and his most fervent supporters have freaked out after FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, but when he was in office he took a far different view on classified information.

When he announced the FBI action, Trump said "these are dark times" and claimed it was "political persecution" that he was reportedly under investigation for mishandling classified information.

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McConnell breaks silence on Trump FBI warrant: 'The country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation'

On Tuesday, 24 hours after reports that the FBI executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a statement on the matter, according to CNN's Brian Stelter.

"The country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation of what led to the events of Monday," said McConnell. "Attorney General Garland and the Department of Justice should already have provided answers to the American people and must do so immediately."

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‘They’ve declared war!’: Republicans freak out after FBI seizes Scott Perry’s cellphone

Some of the most radical Republicans in Congress freaked out after GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania had his cell phone seized by FBI agents executing a search warrant.

"This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone," Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) exclusively told Fox News. "They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish."

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Chris Christie: FBI's raid on Trump's Palm Beach resort was 'fair game'

In the wake of the FBI's raid on Donald Trump's Palm Beach resort this Tuesday, his base has rallied around him, including some who could be potential presidential contenders in 2024.

Trump said Monday that his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida was being "raided" by FBI agents in what he called an act of "prosecutorial misconduct."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to 'totally gut' FBI over 'communist' raid on Mar-a-Lago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said on Tuesday she will work to "totally gut" the FBI and Department of Justice after agents raided the Florida home of former President Donald Trump.

During an interview with Right Side Broadcasting Network, Greene complained about an anti-inflation bill that would allow the IRS to hire new agents.

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MAGA rage over Mar-a-Lago FBI search stokes GOP’s civil war

The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Monday has amplified the volume of MAGA rage, but one of its targets continues to be mainstream Republican elected officials – aka, “RINO’s.”

Lost in the attacks on Attorney General Merrick Garland – and calls for retribution – has been an uptick in the Republican civil war, with MAGA fanatics targeting mainstream figures for failing to exhibit an acceptable level of rage.

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‘God anointed him’: Expert on Christian right explains conservative outrage after Trump's FBI raid

Veteran journalist Sarah Posner, who has spent years writing about religion and the Christian right, has an explanation for the outraged response from some Trump supporters over the FBI executing a legal search warrant on Mar-a-Lago.

Hours after the news broke, Florida Republican state representative Anthony Sabatini called for "an emergency legislative session" to "Sever all ties with DOJ immediately" over the FBI executing a legal search warrant of Trump's home. "Any FBI agent conducting law enforcement functions outside the purview of our State should be arrested upon sight," he wrote, apparently unaware of the U.S. Constitution.

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Georgia's special grand jury can't indict Trump — but it has more power to force witnesses to spill the beans

The case against Donald Trump in Georgia seems fairly open-and-shut, but there's a good reason not to expect the special grand jury to indict him on charges related to his effort to overturn his election loss in the state.

Prosecutors in Georgia may convene "special purpose" grand juries to conducted yearlong investigations of complicated crimes, but the 23-person panels may only issue official reports recommending further action, and then it's up to the local district attorney to determine whether they'll impanel a regular grand jury that can seek an indictment, reported The Daily Beast.

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Trump is a 'counterintelligence nightmare' and FBI wasn't just looking for his 'Kim Jong-un love letters': CNN analyst

Former FBI agent Asha Rangappa told CNN on Tuesday that she doubted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation would have executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort without a good reason.

In breaking down the news of the search at Trump's resort, Rangappa explained why Trump presents unique risks to national security, especially given the revelations that he has been storing classified documents inside Mar-a-Lago where they could be targeted by foreign operatives.

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'Putrid' Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed by Mika Brzezinski for Mar-A-Lago FBI search meltdown

Republican lawmakers have rushed to the defense of former President Donald Trump after FBI agents searched his Mar-A-Lago resort to investigate stolen classified documents, and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski was disgusted by the response.

The Department of Justice executed a search warrant granted by a judge to take the unprecedented step of searching the former president's home, and the "Morning Joe" co-host said GOP lawmakers were fanning the flames of violence from Trump's extremist base.

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Texas church's unauthorized production of 'Hamilton' ends with sermon comparing gay people to drug addicts: report

On Monday, the San Antonio Express-News reported that a South Texas church is putting on an unauthorized knockoff production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" — complete with added-in religious proselytizing and attacks on LGBTQ people.

"The 'Hamilton' team in New York also says it did not give a license or permission to the Door McAllen church in McAllen, Tex., to stage the performance, thus making the show an illegal reproduction," reported Timothy Bella. "The version of 'Hamilton' produced by the Door McAllen and RGV Productions that was performed and live-streamed Friday and Saturday included scenes in which the characters Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler Hamilton talked about how Jesus 'saved' them, according to videos of the show from author and podcast host Hemant Mehta. After one of the performances, Pastor Victor Lopez gave a sermon with language that compared being gay to alcohol and drug addiction, according to the OnStage Blog, the first to report about the show."

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Arizona election denier Wendy Rogers thinks Alex Jones is the victim

Arizona GOP state Sen. Wendy Rogers is known for peddling conspiracy theories, has ties to the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers, and even pals around with white nationalists. Now, she's lamenting the fact that Alex Jones was held accountable to spreading vile conspiracy theories about children killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

“It’s wrong what they did to Alex Jones. He should be able to criticize the official story any time he wants," she wrote in an online post flagged by PatriotTakes. "I hope he appeals the verdicts because the kangaroo courts already made him guilty before the trials started. Americans should help cover his bills. Sick of censorship!”

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