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Zorro

(19,067 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:30 AM 4 hrs ago

Feds Issue Bombshell Warning on Trump's Attack on Our Rights

Former senior FBI and intel officials say he is planning to attack democracy itself.

As President Trump’s primetime address to the nation on Thursday draws near, former senior FBI and intelligence officials told the Daily Beast that what he touts as a speech emphasizing the importance of “free and fair elections” will, in fact, be part of an attack on democracy itself.

Trump has announced a 9 p.m. Thursday speech, demanding TV airtime—which they have yet to promise—for what he claims is a matter of national importance. But to those who have worked at the pinnacle of law enforcement, something else is afoot.

“If I was still working a terrorism investigation and a network started coming together and getting into key positions and they started gathering the information and the materials that they needed to carry out a plot, those are things we would call ‘warnings and indicators,’” a retired and profoundly worried FBI official told the Daily Beast.

The official said that when it comes to Trump, that is what is happening.

They detailed a growing list of warnings and indicators. That list is detailed, and specific. It was led by the replacement of Paul Brown as special agent in charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Office. Brown’s sin was to express reservations about the Department of Justice’s decision to investigate the 2020 election, which Trump insists was rigged.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-issue-bombshell-warning-on-trumps-attack-on-our-rights/
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Feds Issue Bombshell Warning on Trump's Attack on Our Rights (Original Post) Zorro 4 hrs ago OP
I think it's time . . . . Scubamatt 4 hrs ago #1
I'll take the Praetorian guard at this point Ponietz 2 hrs ago #12
So, the warning isn't coming from the "Feds"... Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #2
"But from former federal agents." relogic 3 hrs ago #4
Of course, they're the only ones left FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #8
Wake up time orangecrush 4 hrs ago #3
Feds? Bombshell? Cirsium 3 hrs ago #5
here's the article without a paywall: orleans 2 hrs ago #10
Thanks Cirsium 2 hrs ago #11
I thought it was an excellent article NJCher 29 min ago #18
K&R BlueWavePsych 2 hrs ago #6
need many former CIA, FBI, NSA, US Marshalls, DEA, ATF, to bother those 'not working' now for the Republicans WorseDayEver 2 hrs ago #7
Trumpass spitch might include investigations into 'far left terrorism'.. nt jimmy the one 2 hrs ago #9
SO is anyone carrying the "speech"? I read the major networks, plus fox, were not. Or will he do it on YouTube? Katinfl 2 hrs ago #13
They're getting lots of angry phone calls and emails FakeNoose 34 min ago #16
This is Bush vs Gore 2.0 DemocracyForever 1 hr ago #14
Yes but he's doing it in advance of the election FakeNoose 31 min ago #17
Will the Dems be preparing a rebuttal... ultralite001 1 hr ago #15

Scubamatt

(364 posts)
1. I think it's time . . . .
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 10:33 AM
4 hrs ago

for a strongly worded letter be sent to the White House. (sarcasm).

relogic

(458 posts)
4. "But from former federal agents."
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:43 AM
3 hrs ago

This coup regime has effectively washed itself clean of where remaining, honorable people become “former” if they exercise honor.

FakeNoose

(43,475 posts)
8. Of course, they're the only ones left
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:57 PM
2 hrs ago

... because their replacements are Chump-humpers and MAGA-cultists.

The "Feds" who lost their jobs had career training, and a lifetime of service to Uncle Sam. Those are the ones I would believe, and prefer to listen to anyway. Political convictions are secondary to the truth of how Chump is destroying our government.

I'm glad they are speaking up ahead of this fiasco.

Cirsium

(4,354 posts)
5. Feds? Bombshell?
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:56 AM
3 hrs ago

A couple of anonymous former government officials are worried about things the Trump administration is doing that were already public knowledge. Behind a paywall. With a misleading headline. Can't we do better than this?

Cirsium

(4,354 posts)
11. Thanks
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:07 PM
2 hrs ago

Yes, I had already found it. I should have mentioned that and included a link.

NJCher

(43,932 posts)
18. I thought it was an excellent article
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:52 PM
29 min ago

At the end, they mention more former federal employees.

Maybe you didn't read the entire article?

The last few paragraphs tell what's at stake. The way to read this situation is that he's petrified and he's floundering, doing whatever he can think of because the game's over for him if the Dems take the House back and Dog forbid, the Senate. Here's a quote:

“The rest of their administration is frozen,” he said. “They get nothing done. No more of their agenda, nothing.”

WorseDayEver

(55 posts)
7. need many former CIA, FBI, NSA, US Marshalls, DEA, ATF, to bother those 'not working' now for the Republicans
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
2 hrs ago

Katinfl

(965 posts)
13. SO is anyone carrying the "speech"? I read the major networks, plus fox, were not. Or will he do it on YouTube?
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:18 PM
2 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(43,475 posts)
16. They're getting lots of angry phone calls and emails
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:47 PM
34 min ago

I think they're starting to figure this out ....

DemocracyForever

(464 posts)
14. This is Bush vs Gore 2.0
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 01:25 PM
1 hr ago

Trump is doing what W did in Florida in 2000. W knew he couldn't "win" Florida without stealing it. This is exactly what Trump is now trying to do with the midterms and there are now 6 radical GOP SCOTUS judges who'll let him get away with it.

FakeNoose

(43,475 posts)
17. Yes but he's doing it in advance of the election
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:50 PM
31 min ago

.... he's sowing the seeds of doubt in the crazy MAGAs, and there's no evidence that any fraud will actually happen.

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