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TexasTowelie

(120,137 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 10:23 PM Oct 2019

Why Bevin's and Beshear's botched seizure of Grimes' computer is so troubling [View all]

When they went in to seize the computer of one of Alison Lundergan Grimes' employees last month, they didn’t have a subpoena or a search warrant.

Kentucky State Police, working along with Garrard County Attorney Mark Metcalf, a Republican appointed as independent counsel by Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear, just took it.

Three plain-clothed officers.

One stood watch. One sat at the desk where the computer was. The other crawled around on the floor unplugging cables, according to an affidavit. And then they just took it.

Grimes' employees asked to see warrants. Nope.

Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/joseph-gerth/2019/10/16/bevin-and-beshear-agencies-seize-alison-lundergan-grimes-computer/3986936002/
(Louisville Courier Journal)

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