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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Subpoena That Rocked The Election Is Legal Garbage, Legal Experts Say [View all]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-subpoena-that-rocked-the-election-is-legal-garbage-attorney-say_us_58597cd9e4b03904470b0633The warrant assumes that the mere existence of emails from or to Hillary Clinton is probable cause that a crime occurred.
The warrant connected to the FBI search that Hillary Clinton says cost her the election shouldnt have been granted, three of the nations top legal experts, who reviewed the document released on Tuesday, told The Huffington Post.
FBI Director James Comey shook up the presidential race 11 days before the election by telling Congress the agency had discovered new evidence in its previously closed investigation into the email habits of Clinton, who was significantly ahead in the polls at the time.
When Comey made the announcement, the bureau did not have a warrant to search a laptop that agents believed might contain evidence of criminal activity. The FBI set out to rectify that two days later, on October 30th, when agents applied for a warrant to search the laptop, which was already in the FBIs possession. The FBI had seized the computer as part of an investigation into former Rep. Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
Clintons lead in the polls shrank in the wake of the announcement. Then, just days ahead of election, the FBI announced its search was complete, and it had found no evidence of criminal activity. Clinton officials believe that second announcement damaged her as much as, or more than, the first, by enraging Trump supporters who believed the fix was in.
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deminks
Dec 2016
OP
Not really. Comey went to the judge AFTER he botified Congress of his suspicions. If the judge
napi21
Dec 2016
#7
Is "botified" what a bot does or is it just that the keys are next to each other? n/t
rzemanfl
Dec 2016
#17
The warrant allowed her name to be cleared. The problem is Comey making a big public
prayin4rain
Dec 2016
#9
Amen and Amen, that's bout what I posted this morning; even Twitler defenders say there's something
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#21
Excellent point. Chaffetz is a criminal. So he was right about illegal activity having taken place
StevieM
Jan 2017
#48
The FBI shit was much more destructive to the campaign than anything Russia did.
Ace Rothstein
Dec 2016
#16
Yeap, even Twitler defenders know there's something really fucked up with what Comey did and don't..
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#41
YES !!! That's what Comey can hide behind but he knew or should have known it would be leaked
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#42