United States: dissension within the Republican Party after the search at Mar-a-Lago

The FBI conducted an unprecedented search of Donald Trump's luxurious residence in Florida, in Mar-a-Lago on August 8, in search of confidential documents.

AP - Greg Lovett

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In the United States, a week after the search carried out by the FBI in Florida, in the residence of former President Donald Trump, disagreements appear within the Republican Party.

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The vehemence of certain remarks by elected Conservatives who questioned the investigation carried out by the FBI and the right to carry out

in a house of a former president is the subject of criticism from other elected Conservatives who warn of the consequences this could have on American democracy.

After the very strong criticism of the Department of Justice and the FBI by elected conservatives, often close to

, and the real threats faced by certain federal police officers, the time has come to on guard within the Republican Party. 

The terminology used has awakened certain consciences.

This is the case of the governor of Maryland Larry Hogan who does not understand that one can compare the FBI to the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police.

Invited on the ABC News television channel, he did not hesitate to describe this type of remark as absurd and even dangerous: “ 

 ” which can have disastrous effects in the oldest democracy in the world.  

Larry Hogan, like other conservative colleagues, believes that it was this type of remark that led supporters of Donald Trump to attack an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, and to make threats against the police.

He calls on the authorities to show transparency in this affair to calm things down, just like Brian Fitzpatrick, elected Republican in the House of Representatives, as well as many other elected officials from both houses of Congress, who castigate all the disgusting comments made by some of their colleagues. 

Americans deserve to know the facts as soon as possible about the search at Mar-a-Lago, but calling to defund law enforcement is absurd and dangerous, regardless if it comes from the right or the left.

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— Larry Hogan (@LarryHogan) August 14, 2022

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