People are surprised and upset that the FBI investigates and intercedes in situations like this. I am not. They do it all the time, for politicians both left and right.
What is different is what they do if they are able to secure the information. If it’s for a democrat, they hide it, squash it, and even...ooops... lose it. If it’s for a republican, then it is fast tracked via “undisclosed source” back channels to the NYT.
In this case it appears they are playing catchup, because the information may already be out there.
Notice the media coverage of this is similar to the laptop.
It’s not real. Fake. Disinformation.
Then person who found it is raked over the coals.
Then FBI is involved.
Then admission it is real years later.
Project Veritas has it and has posted it.
Project Veritas was raided by the FBI..........................
It's all about control. He who controls the narrative, controls the people. By selling the journal, they've lost control, so naturally they need to legally punish the person who did the selling. It's a perfectly normal operation in a free republic.
/sarc
“In this case it appears they are playing catchup, because the information may already be out there.”
I challenge you to find any mention of it anywhere. Instead we had the FBI raid and ransack Project Veritas because they might have a copy. Now imagine someone found a diary of Ivanka Trump in which she said Trump took showers with her. Just imagine what happens.