2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFBI HAD NO WARRANT/right TO SEARCH Huma's emails on a shared laptop for a case on Anthony Weiner
Fuck them. They broke the law.
Jarqui
(10,122 posts)(just asking)
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,137 posts)Part of the reason that it will take a while to know what was on the laptop is the need for a warrant. They probably did see the email headers and recipients when they were looking through Weiner's stuff. My guess is that they will find that any emails to or from Hillary were already retrieved from her server previously. But they will have to cross-check everything to make sure there is nothing new. There will also be the question of whether Weiner had access to any classified information, since he doesn't have a clearance.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Certain people are waving rubles in front of old Carlos Danger?
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)Need to check his off-shore bank accounts.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)He could do a lot of damage by spinning whatever tale trump's people want him to sing.
mderin
(1 post)Word is, it went down like this:
1. NYPD was investigating Weiner
2. NYPD found the emails on Weiner's computer
3. NYPD alerted the FBI investigative team
4. NYPD + FBI team took it to Comey
5. Comey took it to DOJ
They don't need a warrant for any of that. I believe they are seeking a warrant right now to search the actual emails.