Posted on 09/26/2022 12:43:09 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
It looks like the FBI is in for yet another scandal.
According to a new report from the LA Times, FBI agents busted into thousands of safety deposit boxes in California. After they rummaged through the private property of innocent people, it turns out they lied to a federal judge to get access to the boxes in the first place.
"The privacy invasion was vast when FBI agents drilled and pried their way into 1,400 safe-deposit boxes at the U.S. Private Vaults store in Beverly Hills. They rummaged through personal belongings of a jazz saxophone player, an interior designer, a retired doctor, a flooring contractor, two Century City lawyers and hundreds of others," the LA Times reports. "Agents took photos and videos of pay stubs, password lists, credit cards, a prenuptial agreement, immigration and vaccination records, bank statements, heirlooms and a will, court records show. In one box, agents found cremated human remains."
"Eighteen months later, newly unsealed court documents show that the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles got their warrant for that raid by misleading the judge who approved it," the report continues. "They omitted from their warrant request a central part of the FBI’s plan: Permanent confiscation of everything inside every box containing at least $5,000 in cash or goods, a senior FBI agent recently testified."
Those who watch the FBI closely, particular the Bureau's political misconduct and persecution of conservatives, aren't surprised.
Afterall, it's the same FBI that lied to the FISA court in order to illegally surveil Trump campaign advisor Carter Page during the 2016 presidential election. Not to mention their most recent raid on Mar-a-Lago.
So who’s going to jail?
Only someone willing to fire everyone and completely dismantle it.
But seems like a lot of crooks....were stashing things there.
Which tells me once again...a lot of crooks are stupid.
Getting to be more and more like a dictatorship.
No one will bring any random three letter combination under control.
The only question is who controls the alphabets
“What happened to freedom from unreasonable search and seizure?”
The uniparty continues to destroy freedom. 87,000 IRS agents coming soon.
The Republicans are exhausting themselves combatting all of this tyranny. /S
Fake two party system. Uniparty.
Why would anyone place their retirement savings...in a private company...and not a bank.,,or their own safe at home?
The more diverse the FBI and DOJ becomes, the more corrupt it demonstrates.
There are after all 1.3 million lawyers in the USA. Of that number, one million are on the take. And, as we have come to realize, of that number only the most venal are named judge.
That’s how I remember the story.
It was some sort of private vault company with security, but not a bank (which isn’t really the safest place either, in some countries the government has been known to block your access to safety deposit boxes).
Best not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Note that the FBI carefully shops their judges for warrants. Most are probably pedophiles, thieves, queers, etc. so they have a handle on them. Why else would they not scream like banshees when publicly punked.
Many immigrants in Beverly Hills these days. Comparatively wealthy, but immigrants nonetheless. From places like Iran and China, where governments and their financial institutions can’t be trusted.
Yes, and not the first time.
Yes, and not the first time.
But will probably wind up on the Supreme Court.
This does violate the 4th amendment. The FBI again lied on a request for a search warrant and stole $84 million that we know about.
I read a comment that stated that this was like the FBI raiding a apartment building and stealing all the contents of everyone’s apartment because they suspect the owner of the building was a criminal.
4th amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things ...
FBI = Fascists Bringing Inquisition
So when are ALL the Republicans in Congress and all the Statehouses going to start screaming at the top of their lungs about this incredible string of FBI abuses of our precious freedoms and rights?
I keep waiting, but nary a peep.
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