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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
David Catanese

‘Limp & late’: Trump allies pound McConnell for measured response to FBI search

FBI Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Andy Barr James Comer Justice Department Merrick Garland Rand Paul DOJ Eastern Kentucky

WASHINGTON — As political reaction reached a boil over the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Mitch McConnell was standing in Eastern Kentucky attending to the aftermath of calamitous flooding there.

McConnell initially offered no comment on the legal predicament of his nemesis. But saying nothing only stoked Trump allies with frustration, suspicion and conspiracy theories.

“Republican LEADER Mitch McConnell has remained SILENT about the storming of the HOME of a Republican president,” tweeted Newsmax media personality Benny Johnson.

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