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(42,334 posts)Scrivener7
(50,955 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)And, no shit!
He's toast... burnt, soggy toast in water.
C-ya, Andrew!
Bettie
(16,110 posts)and what his "third party" stand for.
And, as we suspected, both answers are MAGAt culture.
Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)FSogol
(45,488 posts)Yang is a clown.
randr
(12,412 posts)He has no respect for rule of law
Ritabert
(668 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)walkingman
(7,628 posts)dalton99a
(81,516 posts)BlueGreenLady
(2,824 posts)Yang works for Putin.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)If it *IS* I don't have a huge problem with what the guy said.
It's fairly accurate if that part about local offices and judges is factually correct.
W_HAMILTON
(7,869 posts)Last edited Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Here is more about the process: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/us/politics/federal-search-warrant.html
EDIT: Here are some relevant excerpts since another poster said it was behind a paywall:
Neither the Justice Department nor the F.B.I. has the authority to act unilaterally. A federal judge or magistrate must approve of the request, and jurists often demand highly specific limitations on the search to protect a persons Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure before granting a warrant.
Law enforcement agencies must meet certain legal benchmarks, litigated over decades, before a judge can sign off.
First, they must prove probable cause, evidence that the search is likely to find evidence of illegality; if the warrant is found to lack such proof, the search is considered unlawful under a 2004 precedent.
It's sad that such an ignorant fool was even allowed to run in our primaries.
brush
(53,791 posts)W_HAMILTON
(7,869 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,029 posts)There's that Barr memo that requires Garland to sign off on investigations. So, no, it wasn't low level.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)He has no idea how the Federal Government works.
It is beyond ignorant to think that the search warrant was not vetted by the Attorney General.
Yang is an idiot.
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)HIs cult reacted predictably, but moderate Republicans aren't in the cult and he needs them to be a political threat. This cost him any shot at a lot of moderates.
Baggies
(503 posts)It will appear that way to many people. Doesnt matter if it was or not.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)UBI is just an unrealistic dream.
brush
(53,791 posts)so no reason to vote for him.
W_HAMILTON
(7,869 posts)"It seems like..."
Yang, STFU up and just go back and work a real job already.
Raven123
(4,849 posts)Doesnt know that the judge must be from the jurisdiction that includes the place of search.
Doesnt know that the DOJ and FBI generally dont discuss or limit discussions during investigations publicly to avoid prejudicing their case
Doesnt know that Garland is apolitical.
Clearly Yang has been living in his own world.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)should denounce scoundrels spouting the same-old "you're stupid enough for us" deceits if they want to avoid joining the debris at the third-party recycling site. Of course with Yang as one of the founders, that's not going to happen.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)of the warrant. IMHO, he doubt he is. Just spewing random thoughts across the twitterverse.
JohnSJ
(92,219 posts)brush
(53,791 posts)two elections he's now siding with trump. And starting a third party.
Who is this guy?
childfreebychoice
(476 posts)Response to brush (Reply #30)
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Hav
(5,969 posts)But he's also playing to his gullible base. I thought he was likable during the primaries but I remember there were polls back then that around half of his supporters would vote for Trump if he didn't win the Dem nomination.
This anti-establishment populist mindset that we've seen since 2016 from both sides is so stupid and boring.
TheBeam19
(344 posts)Sure, it may have been a federal magistrate located in South Florida, but Yang chose the word local to downplay the seriousness and legitimacy of the warrant, making it sound like some Palm Beach traffic court judge signed it.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)myohmy2
(3,163 posts)...this being a legal criminal pursuit takes it OUT of the political arena...
...Justice will take this wherever the law-breaking evidence leads them...
...if trump and the pukes don't want to be scrutinized for illegal behavior they should stop breaking the law...
...the FBI investigating and searching a former president's home is unprecedented...
...but a president trying to thwart the Constitution by overturning the results of a presidential election and then trying to stop the peaceful transition of presidential power is even MORE unprecedented...
...hey pukes, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime...