“Also, there’s some behind-the-scenes information that’s been circulating. Apparently Ex-Cop-Dude was a primary suspect in a bank job. They raided him on that, got nothing, but found this and took what they could out of the raid.”
Correct. You have to think that they really, really, wanted to get this guy somehow, someway, to pursue this angle. It makes me want to know what their motivations are.
>>It makes me want to know what their motivations are.<<
I suspect he was a dirty cop and they wanted to take him down.
So the government agents, upon being frustrated in their desire to "get" this guy, decided to find something they could get him for.
Many people here are probably fine with this happening when the target is a strong suspect for criminal behavior. But of this approach becomes routine, what happens when law enforcement wants to "get" you because of your politics?