On Tuesday, Judge Cannon released a series of documents that included the FBI Operations Plan (Ops Plan) for the execution of a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. In short order, citizen journalist Julie Kelly began publishing the Ops Plan on her X account. Kelly also provided commentary on the posted documents claiming, among other things, that the “FBI authorized the use of deadly force at Mar-a-Lago.”

The title of the post was misleading and sensational. However, it achieved its intended effect. Only hours later, Jessie Watters would report, “Biden Admin Authorized Use Of Deadly Force In Raid.” And, even Donald Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, “Wow!..Joe Biden’s DOJ…authorized the FBI to use deadly (lethal) force.” The conservative media space has been in a furor ever since, with every imaginable pundit, personality, and keyboard jockey railing about the FBI’s plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Even characteristically thoughtful and analytical people have been swept away by the torch carrying mob.

Kelly followed up her initial post by exclaiming, “Oh my God…Armed FBI agents were preparing to confront Trump and even engage Secret Service if necessary…Gestapo.” The narrative being composed was of a fanatical onslaught of FBI agents who descended unannounced on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound, bristling with guns, and prepared to shoot it out with the Secret........

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