“This depiction never took place & we wanted to make clear that we were showing a meme in jest.”Republicans have been heavily critical of Reinhart for signing off on the search warrant. And a barrage of online attacks have flooded right-wing message boards and social media platforms such as 4Chan since Reinhart was identified as the judge who approved the FBI’s warrant to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. Some of this rhetoric has also been targeted at the synagogue he belongs to. Trump and his allies, without evidence, have suggested the search warrant was politically motivated. Some conservative commentators, including on Fox News, have floated baseless conspiracy theories suggesting FBI agents planted the evidence.

Source: Fox News August 12, 2022 23:19 UTC