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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 02:23 PM Dec 2016

'I am appalled': Attorney who sued to release FBI's Clinton warrant says it shows no probable cause

20 DEC 2016 AT 13:37 ET

California defense attorney E. Randal Schoenberg, who successfully sued to have a search warrant for Hillary Clinton’s emails released, said on Tuesday that the order did not meet the standard of probable cause.

The warrant which was unsealed on Tuesday suggests that federal magistrate Kevin Fox in Manhattan granted the Oct. 30 warrant to search Anthony Weiner’s laptop “based exclusively on the FBI’s contention” that it may have contained classified emails exchanged between Clinton and Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, according to Politico.

Schoenberg wrote on Facebook that he was “appalled” after seeing the warrant because the FBI had presented “nothing at all” that amounted to probable cause.

“You will have to ask Judge Fox, or the agent in charge (whose name has been redacted), or Director Comey, why they thought they might find evidence of a crime, why they felt it necessary to inform Congress, and why they even sought this search warrant,” Schoenberg said.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/i-am-appalled-attorney-who-sued-to-release-fbis-clinton-warrant-says-it-shows-no-probable-cause/

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'I am appalled': Attorney who sued to release FBI's Clinton warrant says it shows no probable cause (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
... Lucinda Dec 2016 #1
This is troubling. toddwv Dec 2016 #2
Republicans never give up and will win by any means UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #3
I read judge Kevin fox's bio and I don't think he's a repug at all yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #7
Not a good try even, yeoman6987. Trump stole the election. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #13
Changing the subject. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #14
Its the not the judge its the reasoning that was given to him that was bunk uponit7771 Dec 2016 #16
Fishing Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #4
comey needs to go. nobody can complain about retaliation now. mopinko Dec 2016 #5
He cannot go except to jail pbmus Dec 2016 #8
"You will have to ask Judge Fox . . . why they even sought this search warrant." Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #6
COMEY! oasis Dec 2016 #9
Obama must tell Comey, "You're FIRED!" Coyotl Dec 2016 #10
I am unsurprised. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #11
The entire right wing cabal should be in prison. libtodeath Dec 2016 #12
An attorney who actively sought the unsealing of the warrant and steventh Dec 2016 #15

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
2. This is troubling.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 02:37 PM
Dec 2016

One could point to a conspiracy from ground up.

And yet nothing will be done about it for at least 4 years and even if the Democrats were to assume control of at least 1 branch, they likely wouldn't do anything because they prefer compromise and not rocking the boat.

Kingofalldems

(39,196 posts)
13. Not a good try even, yeoman6987. Trump stole the election.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 04:40 PM
Dec 2016

And you know it.

What will the Trumpies say when Arnold's tapes come out?

'I think he was a Democrat.' ?

mopinko

(71,756 posts)
5. comey needs to go. nobody can complain about retaliation now.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 03:05 PM
Dec 2016

if they do, who cares.
hire some honey badger that will clean up this mess. there must be a good woman in the fbi somewhere.

Arkansas Granny

(31,812 posts)
6. "You will have to ask Judge Fox . . . why they even sought this search warrant."
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 03:25 PM
Dec 2016

I think we all know why and it had nothing to do with any belief that there was wrongdoing on the part of Hillary Clinton.

steventh

(2,156 posts)
15. An attorney who actively sought the unsealing of the warrant and
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 05:57 PM
Dec 2016

subsequently was appalled by what he saw when he got it, seems likely to be interested in further action. I expect that attorney Schoenberg and/or others, especially those who have legal standing, will pursue a legal challenge to the defective warrant to the extent that laws provide remedies.

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