Posted on 08/21/2022 5:02:14 AM PDT by MtnClimber
In a case with a direct bearing on the search warrant issued on Mar A Lago, the March 22, 2021 FBI raid on a private safe deposit box operator in Beverly Hills, California just got even dodgier, according to court documents released by different federal judge than issued the warrant. You may recall that the FBI raided US Private Vaults in Beverly Hills and seized the contents of boxes of people accused of no crimes.
Eric Boehm of Reason reports on the latest revelations that show a pattern of FBI abise of magistrate judges for the purpose of obtaining search warrants that amount to fishing expeditions – a violation of the Fourth Amendment
The FBI told a federal magistrate judge that it intended to open hundreds of safe deposit boxes seized during a March 2021 raid in order to inventory the items inside—but new evidence shows that federal agents were plotting all along to use the operation as an opportunity to forfeit cash and other valuables.
Federal agents failed to disclose those plans to the federal magistrate judge who issued the warrant for the high-profile raid of U.S. Private Vaults, a private business in Beverly Hills, California, that had been the subject of an FBI investigation since at least 2019. When the raid took place, the FBI also seems to have ignored limitations imposed by the warrant, including an explicit prohibition against using the safe deposit boxes as the basis for further criminal investigations. (snip)
As Reason has extensively reported, the raid on U.S. Private Vaults resulted in federal agents seizing and attempting to forfeit more than $86 million in cash as well as gold, jewelry, and other valuables from property owners who were suspected of no crimes.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
No dog will find a safe submerged in sewage water. Just be sure that it’s sealed from liquid getting in it.
The FBI Lied" About Plans for Seized Safe Deposit Boxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy5A8VIWmxg
Also this story
Lawsuit Uncovers the Inside Story of the FBI’s Plans to Take Security Deposit Boxes without Charging Owners with Crimes
When the FBI asked a federal magistrate judge for a warrant to seize the property of US Private Vaults, it concealed critical details about its plan for the hundreds of individually rented security deposit boxes at the Beverly Hills business. Evidence brought to light in a federal class action lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice (IJ) reveals the previously hidden history of the federal government’s raid, which deliberately violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of people throughout Southern California.
“The government has a duty to be honest with the court when it applies for a warrant under the Fourth Amendment,” said IJ Senior Attorney Robert Frommer. “But the FBI lied about its intentions in claiming to only be interested in the property of the business, and not the box holders. Ultimately, the lure of civil forfeiture turned these federal cops into robbers.”
https://ij.org/press-release/lawsuit-uncovers-the-inside-story-of-the-fbis-plans-to-take-security-deposit-boxes-without-charging-owners-with-crimes/
I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
Safe deposit boxes are “DO NOT TOUCH” unless there is a death certificate involved.
All these illegal acts by the FBI need to be compiled and brought up in the midterms, im talking from back before Richard Jewell.
If your “well hidden safe” ever had any circulate US currency in or near it the dogs will find. Same goes for dogs trained to search for guns and ammo.
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The same goes for illicit substances. California has no law against one of them, but the feds sure do. It’s a federal felony to possess a firearm and possess an illicit substance which is legal in California.
I would bet a dollar against your dime this was the primary reason for this fishing expedition. The FBI will use this law against Biden’s enemies, but not against any of his accomplices.
FBI also seems to have ignored limitations imposed by the warrant.
So much for the justice system we have badges piss off.
Your septic tank would work.
Exactly, now if I only had some valuables...
I have also heard some good advice on hiding guns and ammo.
lol...True. But a magnet will.
If any of the box renters encounters legal problems and their lawyers are reasonable competent they should be able to use this to argue “Fruit of the poison tree” (sayes this non-attorney!)
Of course, the FBI might just ignore criminal charges and be satisfied with seizing assets under draconian drug forfeiture laws. Good source of $ to use for their “operating expenses” and infinitely more lucrative than a small town police department speed trap. You are assumed guilty of something for having a large amount of cash which is probably contaminated with some drug powder and to prove innocent are required to navigate a precise filing and rigorous affidavit schedule obstacle course in preparation to going to court to sue to get your possessions back.
I think that Rand Paul has some legislation trying to end this.
The FBI commiting crimes again. SSDD.
5.56mm
I looked up the the FBI, growing up so long ago.
Long. Gone.
Be sure to have a visible conventional safe in plain view. Keep a 10/22 and a mossberg shotgun in it, maybe a revolver.
Hide anything really important built into the walls, floors, ceiling or an outbuilding.
Who has the power and authority to rein in, or prosecute, these agencies? Do they have no oversight?
If so, is the DEA reformed now?
There’s a saying among the old guard in the RKBA community.
“If you think it’s time to bury your guns and ammo, it’s time to dig them up.”
Excellent.
First thought, enough with this mislead crap. They lied.
Second thought, do these judges live in a vacuum? They’ve seen what the FBI has been doing for years and they believe whatever those bastards say to them? This speaks very poorly of the judges. It makes me assume that these warrants are taken to Democrat appointed judges with the knowledge that they will rubber stamp them.
Leftists judge shop. The FBI is a criminal leftist organization. Hence it judge shops. If you want to get a clear picture of what’s happened here, look up the pedigree of the judge that approved the warrant.
The difference between any modern american police agency (at ANY level) and a 17th century highwayman is hard to discern.
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