(LifeSiteNews) – LifeSiteNews has launched a petition calling for the condemnation of the politically motivated FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home on Monday.
On August 8, a team of FBI agents descended on Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, apparently to conduct a search relating to classified documents kept at the former president’s home.
Trump released a statement Monday evening informing that his estate was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents” who arrived “unannounced” in an act he described as “not necessary or appropriate.”
“It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don’t want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Elections,” wrote Trump.
READ: Trump says ‘large group of FBI agents’ are raiding his Mar-A-Lago home
Conservative leaders quickly condemned the raid as a misuse of government power and a clear demonstration of “the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents.”
South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem described the event as “an unprecedented political weaponization of the Justice Department” while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned that the U.S. is becoming a “Banana Republic.”
READ: Conservative leaders slam FBI raid on Trump’s home as ‘political weaponization’ of the DOJ
“This single act has sent an unmistakable signal that anyone who holds a dissenting political belief from the leftist regime can have his or her life ruined by the Deep State – forcing them to defend themselves from a faceless FBI attack-arm of the federal government,” LifeSite’s new petition states.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has officially crossed a line by weaponizing the FBI to target America’s most influential conservative leader — former president Donald Trump, a private citizen — without due process and with obvious political bias.
SIGN this petition to FBI Director Christopher Wray - condemn this blatant political policing againt former President Trump.
This single act has sent an unmistakable signal that anyone who holds a dissenting political belief from the leftist regime can have his or her life ruined by the Deep State — forcing them to defend themselves from a faceless FBI attack-arm of the federal government.
The FBI just proved that Donald Trump was right. He’s always been right.
— Benny Johnson 🍊 (@bennyjohnson) August 9, 2022
No one will ever forget this.
We cannot stand for the complete corruption and weaponization of America's law enforcement, and especially not the FBI. We must stand united, bold, and patriotic — in the name of liberty, the rule of law, and American Greatness.
SEND A BOLD MESSAGE TODAY: WE ABSOLUTELY CONDEMN THE DESPICABLE FBI RAID ON A PRIVATE AMERICAN CITIZEN — AND WE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR AMERICA FIRST!
This kind of weaponization of federal agencies against private citizens who hold a dissenting worldview is seen only in third-world countries.
This is exactly why Americans must use their voices and shout even more loudly that this country is worth saving from the ideologues on the radical left who care only about power and control.
We won’t know how fully insane the FBI raid on Trump is until we see the warrant and warrant application. But after Russiagate – years of investigation predicated largely on Clinton campaign misinformation -- if the basis for this isn’t bedrock-solid, there should be hell to pay.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 9, 2022
Destroying 30K classified emails with a hammer and bleach doesn’t get your home searched. Remember that.
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) August 9, 2022
American patriots will continue standing in the way of the left's attempt at hostile takeover, and will always defend America from her enemies — both foreign and domestic.
SIGN NOW: Our Founding Fathers added their names to the Declaration of Independence, and now more than ever is it important to add your name to the growing list of patriots who uphold our inalienable rights and the promise of self-government.
The @FBI raid on President Trump was approved by Director Wray, who also claimed that the illegal FISA warrants used to spy on Trump were constitutional.
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 9, 2022
Today’s raid is outrageous and unjust, but predictable.
Stand up against the targeting of private American citizens from FBI raids - we refuse to back down!
Thank you.
P.S. — Nobody is safe from politically motivated attacks under the current DOJ. And with 87,000 new IRS agents joining the executive branch, the unaccountable federal government is only growing. Now is the time to push back before it’s too late! SIGN NOW AND STAND STRONG TOGETHER!
After todays raid on Mar A Lago what do you think the left plans to use those 87,000 new IRS agents for?
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 9, 2022
American citizens should not stand for “the complete corruption and weaponization of America’s law enforcement, and especially not the FBI,” the petition continues. “We must stand united, bold, and patriotic – in the name of liberty, the rule of law, and American Greatness.”
As the Department of Justice weaponizes the FBI against the country’s most influential conservative leader, former President Trump, please consider signing our petition today to send a clear message that blatant political policing on private American citizens cannot, and will not, be tolerated.