How the FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate could be a gift to the GOP

The biggest beneficiaries of the FBI's search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are those looking to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2024.

“The FBI is the Gestapo”

“Tyrannical”

“A political witch hunt”

That basically sums up how the right publicly described the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday.

You won’t be able to tell from their public statements, TV news hits or tweets, but the earth-shaking news that the FBI executed a search warrant likely has some Republicans smiling — maybe even high-fiving one another — albeit in private. In fact, the biggest beneficiaries of Monday’s search will be the cast of characters not named Trump looking to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2024, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who took to social media to say that an operation like this would happen only in a “banana republic.”   

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/fbi-search-trumps-mar-lago-estate-gift-gop-rcna42668

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