interesting how fbi stopped him in the airport before he got to customs who normally would do the inspection..was he questioned if he had more than $10,000 and was he given the opportunity to declare it as is usual procedure..including filling out and signing a customs declaration before being searched ? carrying more than 10k cash is legal if you declare it....inquiring minds want more details..
It must have been “marked” money.
IIRC, the declaration form is circulated before landing.
I didn’t bother to read this story, but I remember him speaking about this to Hannity a while back and he said he had turned the suspicious money immediately over to his attorney. He didn’t have it.
They really jumped the shark on this one.
I guess the plan was to accuse PapaD of crimes after they found the 10K. They didn't even think it through, because there was no crime carrying the money unless he did not disclose it upon entry. Until he got to Customs he was still an international traveler. Individuals can be denied entry on a laundry list of reasons.
They detained PapaD and then were obligated to bring him before a US Magistrate Judge to show probable cause for the arrest. The were trying so hard to keep some type of twist on their suspect, probably to turn him into action against the campaign later.
These are tactics one might use with mobsters, but with an ordinary citizen without one iota of criminal suspicion other than he was active in a couple of political campaigns.
It all just reeks.
I smell the same type of stink with Carter Page, who seems to be been a willing participate with the bureau in some earlier investigations. He got used because the FICA authority allows the hops one and two contacts away. That can be a whole lot of folks for someone that is actively networking and communicating.
They found PapaD via a linkedin profile. Would all of his linkedin network be included in the surveillance. Probably? It is the way they think, and who is looking over their shoulder. Electronic surveillance at that point is extremely intrusive.