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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 29 Dec 2017

    Here's the docket: Any criminal law folks know why a warrant issued in early March gets posted to a docket on the last business day of the year?pic.twitter.com/A0H9t0EKXW

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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 29 Dec 2017

        Here's the search warrant for then-Sheriff Clarke's email: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4340815-Clarke-Email-Search-Warrant.html … / And the underlying application: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4340814-Clarke-Search-Warrant-Application.html …pic.twitter.com/RbWCcMJkpp

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 29 Dec 2017

        Chris Geidner Retweeted CJ Ciaramella

        BUT, here's this, via Clarke, a letter from the US Attorney's Office saying the investigation was closed —>https://twitter.com/cjciaramella/status/946886110986276864 …

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        CJ CiaramellaVerified account @cjciaramella
        Re: FBI search warrant affidavit for David Clarke's email account: Clarke says the investigation was closed in May and passed along this letter from the US Attorneys Office https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4340810-Letter-From-USAO-Re-David-Clarke-Investigation.html … pic.twitter.com/twt2E4WYDm
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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 29 Dec 2017

        As such, the scoop is that there was a search warrant executed earlier this year and made public today — not that there is an ongoing FBI investigation. Unless @robertsnellnews (or someone else) knows something to the contrary.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 29 Dec 2017

        NOTE: I deleted the original tweet in this thread about former Sheriff Clarke, which was retweeting a claim about the state of an investigation that appears to have been closed for half a year. I thought the thread explained things, but people kept only RTing the first tweet.

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      2. Omar Ghaffar‏ @twittetrader 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Possibly because it was previously sealed by the issuing Court.

        1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @twittetrader

        I mean, yes, but I am asking why it took so long and why they filed it today. Like, was it something that they had to close the file by 12/31 or something?

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. Omar Ghaffar‏ @twittetrader 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        No such rule I know of. I don't have Pacer access right this sec so would have to look at the docket, but under federal crim rule 41 there is no such time requirement. Maybe there was a Motion to Unseal, or maybe docketing is super slow in federal on these things.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      5. Omar Ghaffar‏ @twittetrader 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @twittetrader @chrisgeidner

        Federal criminal rule 55 is the only one I know of pertaining to clerk's records. It is very brief. https://www.federalrulesofcriminalprocedure.org/title-ix/rule-55-records/ …

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      6. Omar Ghaffar‏ @twittetrader 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @twittetrader @chrisgeidner

        Very, very few crim. lawyers practice in federal court, but most litigators know that federal court moves at a snails pace; there are unbelievable backlogs. Clarke has nothing to gain in unsealing this publicly. Likely its fed. clerks being swamped, and getting it done bef EOY.

        1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
      7. Empire Storm‏ @empirestatemind 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @twittetrader @chrisgeidner

        That’s not true. I am a federal court litigator (civil not criminal but still) & federal court does not move at a snails pace - that’s state courts! There’s no way on earth a filing from March would be backlogged so not to be on PACER until end of Dec. Must be a reason behind it.

        1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
      8. Omar Ghaffar‏ @twittetrader 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @empirestatemind @chrisgeidner

        I guess this ABA link is all made up. I've witnessed matters not get docketed for a few months, at least in California - for NO good reason. You cannot speak from an absolutist position of authority on this topic any more than I can. We don't really know.http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/us_courts_federal_litigants_face_record_civil_case_backlog_due_to_shortage …

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      9. Empire Storm‏ @empirestatemind 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @twittetrader @chrisgeidner

        I CAN speak from a position of authority given I’m a fed court litigator barred in CA, lived there for years, and still litigate cases there. Yes of course there’s a criminal CASE backlog BUT there’s not a backlog of getting things entered into PACER. 9 month delay not typical.

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      1. Toby Joe Boudreaux‏ @tobyjoe 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Wait his email is dclarke.cowboy omg @ashleyfeinberg

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      2. LB‏ @beyondreasdoubt 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Any other docket entries? There usually is a court order ordering the unsealing (paragraph 35 of application sealed the underlying warrant)

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Chad L. Atwell‏ @Atwell_ 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @beyondreasdoubt @chrisgeidner

        I took him as saying it is actually stamped in March but not publicly docketed until 12/28

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. LB‏ @beyondreasdoubt 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Atwell_ @chrisgeidner

        Right, and usually there is an unsealing order

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Chad L. Atwell‏ @Atwell_ 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @beyondreasdoubt @chrisgeidner

        Agreed. Should be more docket entries. But every district seems to do it a tad different. I started counting docket numbers on one...and found gaps.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. M. Y. Go Vote Kawada‏ @Mark_Kawada 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        news dump?

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Tom Herron‏ @gifuoh 29 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Mark_Kawada @chrisgeidner

        dclarke.cowboy @ gmail . com !?... LOL. 🤣

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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