Claims that the federal government’s raid on Mar-a-Lago was influenced by Hillary Clinton have emerged from the musings of Mike Davis, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. The speculation centers on the search for classified documents that former President Donald Trump kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate, which might contain sensitive information related to the Trump-Russia collusion narrative and other political figures, including Hillary Clinton.
Davis suggested that the raid’s motive was tied to classified documents related to “Crossfire Hurricane,” the code name for the FBI’s investigation into potential coordination between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian assets. According to Davis, Trump declassified these documents via memo on January 19, 2021, the day before he left office, and retained a personal copy. He claims these documents could be damaging to high-profile individuals like former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, Clinton, and others involved in the Russia-collusion narrative.
“[T]he reason Biden (illegally) raided Trump is because Trump declassified (via memo on 1/19/2021) and kept his personal copy of his Crossfire Hurricane presidential records,” Davis wrote on X, giving the code name for the FBI’s investigation into potential coordination between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian assets.
“These Crossfire Hurricane records are devastating to Obama, Biden, Hillary, Clapper, Comey, and so many others,” he added.
Davis further proposed that these documents might include information on whether Russian entities accessed Clinton’s private email server, linking back to her campaign’s strategy to connect Trump to Russia. He suggested that the Clinton campaign pushed the Trump-Russia connection as a possible defense if those emails were leaked before the 2016 election.
John Durham, a special counsel, concluded his four-year report on the Trump-Russia scandal, stating that the FBI had no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence. This report played a significant role in dispelling the earlier narrative.
Regarding the Mar-a-Lago raid, Florida U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has ordered the unsealing of several documents in the case. Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution, has faced criticism from Judge Cannon for attempting to withhold evidence, claiming that some of it contains national security secrets.
