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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
Sun Dec 18, 2022, 07:57 AM Dec 2022

I wonder, is the FBI monitoring Trumps phone calls, spying on him?

You would think after the FBI got a warrant, raided Trumps resort and found secret documents and still believe Trump is hiding more secret documents, they would want a warrant to surveil Trumps every move. The FBI brought down the mafia by bugging their phones, spying on them.

Just a thought.

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I wonder, is the FBI monitoring Trumps phone calls, spying on him? (Original Post) fightforfreedom Dec 2022 OP
Not a chance. "spy" is a kids word. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #1
Would need warrants on a bunch of known associates JT45242 Dec 2022 #2
If the FBI isn't monitoring him (unlikely) I'd bet a dollar 😜 that they are intercepting Firestorm49 Dec 2022 #8
Maybe, but you can bet the NSA, DIA and CIA are monitoring any overseas communication. Lochloosa Dec 2022 #3
I was gonna mention NSA EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #5
True enough that the FBI bugged phones and spaces Better Days Ahoy Dec 2022 #4
He still has a Secret Service detail, right? agingdem Dec 2022 #6
They should just ask the other dozen countries that are listening to him Bev54 Dec 2022 #7

JT45242

(2,314 posts)
2. Would need warrants on a bunch of known associates
Sun Dec 18, 2022, 08:05 AM
Dec 2022

My guess is TFG is now remembering Cohn's advice and using a variety of burner phones rather than his compromised normal phone.

So, would need to surveil people he would likely contact via their phones as well.

But...his ego may prevent doing that.

Firestorm49

(4,038 posts)
8. If the FBI isn't monitoring him (unlikely) I'd bet a dollar 😜 that they are intercepting
Sun Dec 18, 2022, 12:00 PM
Dec 2022

and infiltrating more right wing extremist organizations than you can shake a stick at. Let’s just hope that extremist infiltration of the three initial spy agencies can be filtered out.

EYESORE 9001

(26,025 posts)
5. I was gonna mention NSA
Sun Dec 18, 2022, 09:03 AM
Dec 2022

National security demands monitoring all communications involving that criminal organization. Other agencies may be involved - ones whose initials we may not have memorized yet.

Better Days Ahoy

(698 posts)
4. True enough that the FBI bugged phones and spaces
Sun Dec 18, 2022, 08:54 AM
Dec 2022

Used by the Mafia.
Their use of the little known [at the time] RICO laws is what finally brought the Mob down. That's how the strategy of starting with soldiers at the bottom and working up through Capo to the head of the Mob family organizations got going.

It worked with the Five Families.
It'll work with the sixth -- the Trunp-Kushner clan.

agingdem

(7,870 posts)
6. He still has a Secret Service detail, right?
Sun Dec 18, 2022, 09:42 AM
Dec 2022

they've been with Trump since he left the White House...how is they weren't aware of the stolen documents or where they were stored?..or were they the inside informant?

as for surveillance, why bother..Trump can't keep his mouth shut...he's already "fessed up" to taking the documents "openly and transparently"..and the DOJ and the National Archives know what documents are missing and I suspect where they are stashed...

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