FBI Agents Raised Red Flags Over Mar-a-Lago Raid, But Biden DOJ Pressed Ahead Anyway

Newly uncovered emails between FBI officials and the Biden-era Justice Department reveal deep internal resistance to the August 2022 raid on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate — with agents questioning whether there was even probable cause to move forward. But despite those warnings, the Biden DOJ pushed forward, sidelining concerns and opting for a full-force raid over cooperative alternatives.

The report, published Tuesday by Fox News Digital and later confirmed by FBI Director Kash Patel, paints a damning picture of a politically driven operation carried out under pressure from Washington, even as agents on the ground warned repeatedly that the case lacked substance.

FBI: No Probable Cause, No New Facts, No Justification

Internal emails show multiple FBI agents sounding the alarm over the lack of evidence justifying a search warrant for the former president’s home. One assistant special agent in charge told another that very little had been developed to suggest anyone was criminally culpable, and that the limited information they had was “single source,” “not corroborated,” and possibly “dated.”

Despite this, the DOJ’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) insisted the warrant met the probable cause standard. FBI agents weren’t convinced.

One email plainly asked whether the case should simply be tabled:
“We haven’t generated any new facts… It is time consuming for the team, and not productive if there are no new facts supporting PC (probable cause)?”

Another agent flat-out stated the Washington Field Office “does not believe we have established probable cause” and recommended less intrusive alternatives, such as simply warning Trump’s attorneys of an impending warrant to encourage compliance.

DOJ Didn’t Care About ‘Optics’ — Or The Law

Even as FBI personnel warned that the optics of a raid would be disastrous and provoke a major backlash, Deputy Assistant Attorney General George Toscas reportedly dismissed those concerns outright.

“Frankly doesn’t give a damn about the optics,” Toscas was quoted as saying, according to one FBI official. Another agent remarked that the FBI would ultimately take the heat for executing the raid, despite the DOJ calling the shots from behind the scenes.

Kash Patel Confirms the Bombshell

FBI Director Kash Patel weighed in after the report dropped, confirming the documents had been turned over to Capitol Hill and would be made public.

“It’s true,” Patel posted on X. “We just turned over documents to Capitol Hill showing the FBI told DOJ they did not have probable cause for raiding President Trump’s home in Mar-A-Lago — but DOJ ‘didn’t give a damn’ and did it anyway.”

August 8, 2022: The Day They Did It Anyway

On August 8, 2022, over the objections of FBI field agents, the Biden Justice Department ordered the raid on Mar-a-Lago — sending dozens of agents to ransack the private residence of a former president.

Now, with the release of internal emails, it’s clearer than ever that the raid was not a result of careful investigative consensus, but rather a top-down political decision.

The Biden DOJ overrode career agents, ignored due process concerns, and pursued a spectacle — all to feed a narrative that continues to unravel under scrutiny.

And once again, the American people are left asking: who’s really abusing power in Washington?