This weirdly omits an obvious but important point: Warrants, unlike subpoenas, require probable cause.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-conducted-predawn-raid-of-former-trump-campaign-chairman-manaforts-home/2017/08/09/5879fa9c-7c45-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?tid=ss_tw-amp&utm_term=.be4ec3da55f1 …
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Replying to @normative @TheAlanNoble
Would be far more helpful if we knew 1) it wasn't FISA and 2) which magistrate allowed the warrant.
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Replying to @lawrence15 @TheAlanNoble
I would bet a nontrivial amount that this wasn't a FISA. No real reason to go the FISA route for a non-covert physical search of a USP.
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Again, WaPo has seen the warrant. It's not a FISA order.
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Replying to @emptywheel @normative and
Not sure if that's true. WaPo didn't mention seeing the actual warrant.
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Replying to @bowser646 @normative and
I corrected: their source has.
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