The WI authorities may have this ability to raid a dwelling and take stuff in violation of the US constitution but the FBI surely doesn’t.
I don’t know about the legalities. That is why this case (one of many) is going to the Supreme Court.
I think the point here is that this was a John Doe investigation which is supposed to be secret. So, how come a reporter was on hand? The people targeted were warned not to call an attorney, not to tell anybody about the raid, not to explain to their neighbors why all the LE were surrounding their dwellings at dawn.
So, how did the newspaper know about it?
This case has been going on since 2011. It was 2 years on before the Governor was notified that he was not a target of the investigation.
As far as I know, only one person has been convicted of sending some campaign emails from her office on her lunch hour, a practice that the Democrats do full time. She’s facing something like 9 years over it.
I should add that this “John Doe” investigation has allowed the local uber liberal newspaper to fell a forest of trees in order to publish speculation on what these raids were all about — all through 3 Gubenatorial elections. Remember, Scott Walker has stood for election 3 times in 4 years, thanks to a recall attempt.