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I think it’s called building the case — following the evidence, wherever it may lead …
Especially if we looked at the time-frames in which, these evidence-holding devices were legally acquired. On the orders of judges, convinced of probable cause that crimes had occurred, based on the evidence that the DOJ and the FBI provided.
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The 9 Trump associates who've had their phones seized by federal agents
businessinsider.com — Sept 14, 2022
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Rudy Giuliani -- Last April, federal authorities searched his home and seized 18 electronic devices, including his cell phone. [...]
Victoria Toensing -- Toensing is a former federal prosecutor and close ally of Giuliani and Trump. Last April, federal authorities also executed a search warrant at her home and seized her electronic devices. [...]
Michael McDonald -- Last June, federal authorities served a search warrant on Nevada State Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald and seized his phone. [...]
Scott Perry -- In August, federal authorities seized Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry's cell phone device while he was on vacation in New Jersey. [...]
John Eastman -- Eastman is a conservative attorney who advised Trump that the then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 presidential election [...]
Jeffrey Clark -- Clark was a DOJ assistant attorney general in the Trump administration. In June, federal authorities searched his home in Virginia and seized his electronic devices [...]
Boris Epshteyn -- Epshteyn is a former campaign adviser to Trump who helps to coordinate the former president's legal strategy. [...]
Mike Roman -- Roman is a former election operations director for Trump's re-election campaign. The Hill reported that on January 6 he delivered lists of false election certificates to Republican Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
Mike Lindell -- [...] Lindell has peddled Trump's theories on voter fraud and faces a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
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That’s quite the list of scoundrels/witnesses, and no doubt the chain reaction is growing.
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Thinking that their whiny defense would exonerate him, Giuliani's attorneys use some vivid imagery, that’s probably far more accurate than they intended (sans the Qanon-drug bit) ...
Following the search, Giuliani's attorneys said that federal agents treated their client like a "drug kingpin" rather than a personal attorney to the former president.
Given that Rudy’s devices cache seems to be the 1st Domino in the chain, calling him a “kingpin” may not that far off the mark. All one needs to do, is substitute the phrase “fake conspiracies” for the word “drug” — and I think they’ve nailed it.
Then again with MAGA-Q-Republicans, that may be a distinction without much of a difference.
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