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18 U.S. Code § 3121 - General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exception
US Code

(a)In General.—
Except as provided in this section, no person may install or use a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under section 3123 of this title or under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

(b)Exception.—The prohibition of subsection (a) does not apply with respect to the use of a pen register or a trap and trace device by a provider of electronic or wire communication service—

(1) relating to the operation, maintenance, and testing of a wire or electronic communication service or to the protection of the rights or property of such provider, or to the protection of users of that service from abuse of service or unlawful use of service; or

(2) to record the fact that a wire or electronic communication was initiated or completed in order to protect such provider, another provider furnishing service toward the completion of the wire communication, or a user of that service, from fraudulent, unlawful or abusive use of service; or

(3) where the consent of the user of that service has been obtained.

I’ve written warrants for this.

When you ask for the pen-register, at least when I did it, you’re asking for historical data and the locations that the calls and texts were made from and received.

The warrants are given to the cellphone service provider.

Unfortunately, the DEA has worn out the process by which law enforcement can get the information quickly. Because they would go up on a drug dealers phone, get all the calls in/out and then start charging everyone and anyone with conspiracy in the hopes that someone would rollover. Can you imagine the bully, Mueller, doing something like that? I’m sure that’s hard to believe.[heavy sarcasm].

Just imagine, Mueller and his henchman have all that data. They do some research on the calls with ordinary databases like, LexisNexis-Accurint-Clear-TLo, to identify the people who communicated with Cohen. A criminal history search here or there, a call into the IRS, or the SEC(not college football) and they identify someone that has something to lose. A knock on the door and an investigator asks, “did you have any contact with Cohen on D-Day, at H-Hour and talk for 23 minutes? Where were you that day?” That person says, NO, and says they were at their mothers house. Feds determine that the guy was at the track, betting on horses. They just violated 18USC1001, Lying to a Federal Investigator. Two days later, when they’re walking to their front door to their home, two US Marshals approach and take them into custody for said violation. They are then taken to an interview where they can give Mueller something on Cohen or they go to federal prison.

They don’t need to listen in on calls. They’ll get to Cohen this way. Remember, in so many perjury cases, it was never proven that someone lied, the Fed’s just produced someone that said the defendant lied. The Fed’s rely on intimidation and the ability to bankrupt you into submission. And this is clearly what Mueller is trying to do now. Probably why Rosenstein picked him, knowing there was nothing.

If I was an associate of Cohen’s, in any way shape or form, I’d remember that the 5th Amendment is your friend, keep your mouth shut and ask for a lawyer.