Fox News Reporter Dismantles Trump Assassination Hoax
Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich dumped cold water on former President Trump’s recent claims Joe Biden sought to assassinate the Republican during the unprecedented raid of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The basis for the claim is standard language in the raid’s operation order that said agents “may use deadly force only when necessary, that is, when the officer has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to another person.”
Trump is now reportedly fundraising on the debunked scenario.
On Wednesday night, Heinrich broke the news that the same guidance on deadly force that appeared in the Trump operations order was also in the orders for the raids on President Biden’s homes:
NEWS: FBI SEARCHES AT PRESIDENT BIDEN’S HOMES ALSO INCLUDED DEADLY FORCE POLICY (which is standard)
A person familiar with the Hur investigation confirms that the standard Department of Justice policy statement regarding the use of deadly force was also included in the operations order for the searches at President Biden’s residences in Delaware.
CONTEXT: yesterday, former President Trump suggested that the Biden administration wanted to kill him during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. A fundraising email read, “Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out”.
The FBI said standard protocol was followed, no additional steps were taken and there was no departure from the norm.
This news about the deadly force policy also being in place for the FBI searches at Biden’s homes underscores that point.