Love that they did it last night, when they knew he'd be in New York to give a deposition.

I dunno about a grand strategy, but I don't think they'd take this step unless there's an overwhelming likelihood that he'll be indicted. Not even necessarily as a result of the raid, or indicted on charges related to classified documents, but just in regards to the relationship of trust with the public the DoJ is trying to maintain.

Yeah I was watchin' some Fox this morning too, hah. Awesome stuff. I wouldn't say I had "FBI raids Mar-a-Lago" on my bingo card, but I have thought for a couple months or so that DoJ will indeed move on Trump. I heard Buck Sexton on Jesse Watters's show (Jesse is on his own tier of stupid, btw) use the phrase "cross the Rubicon", which is a code phrase for "gonna need to use the guns" on Telegram, Parler, and TRUTH, which I've been browsing this morning. It's terrifying. I knew that Trump et al. would use any prosecution against him to rile up his base, but it's still always jarring to witness real-time.

The idea that the FBI or Garland wanted to do this instead of go through negotiations or a subpoena is pretty funny. Remember how NARA already confiscated records from Mar-A-Lago like a year ago? I'm sure they tried every other avenue. And so far, Garland isn't exactly a firebrand, either, at least in his public statements and posturing. Until now, at least, because this is a yuge statement.

I'm bumping up my timeline, I predict he'll be indicted by the end of the year, just after the midterms. He'll announce his candidacy in a month or two, much to McConnell's frustration, which is one more reason to do it, of course. Still don't think he'll ever go to prison. White House instead.

This is also my bet:

edit: lol the Trump campaign sent out fundraising emails last night, almost immediately after the news broke. Surprise. Also, random, but I've been almost impressed with the top-level embrace of "Dark Brandon".