Weaponizing Federal Agencies And The Danger Of Unchecked Government

Just about everyone in the United States—and maybe most of the Western World— has heard about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid on former President Trump’s personal residence, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. While many across legacy and social media have taken this as an opportunity to shout their usual partisan rhetoric, one thing is readily apparent—unchecked federal agencies, and not just the FBI, are being weaponized against Americans at an alarming rate.

On August 8, 2022, the FBI raided former-President Trump’s home, purportedly to recover certain classified files, or out of concern for how Trump was storing some classified files, or to corroborate which classified files Trump had in his possession. One thing we do know is that the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “personally approved the decision to seek a warrant.”