Orange_Vol1321
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CNN was tipped off. Come on, how is that even a discussion?
People bitching about it sound a lot like Penny Hardaway. Get caught flopping and throw a tantrum about the opposing coach.
Still, they were clearly tipped.
I'm glad you can admit it.
Now, is such a target really worth sending out such an overwhelming force instead of a couple of senior Agents in suits?
I have no idea. Probably not. Law enforcement has an annoying tendency to use unnecessary overwhelming force.
The use of the word “admission” is interesting. Does that suggest that you believe there are people here who believe one thing but post another for partisan reasons?
Those of you still in denial about the nature and extent Trump campaign ties to Russia should read this. Warning: it is real reporting, factual, and may make you take your red hat off.
Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration
Suggest? lol How about "know for a fact"?
Regardless of the "annoying tendency" to use overwhelming force, I think we both can agree this particular instance begs for that question to be asked. It's like you were asking the FBI to go in after Charles Manson and company.
Well, that would explain why We’ve got Sherlocks coming out of the woodwork practically saying Mueller picked up the phone and called this CNN guy personally, but they’re the same posters who don’t credit circumstantial evidence against the Trump campaign. (And also explains the ones arguing that CNN wasn’t tipped off.)
I agree with your observation that it’s excessive. Just not sure I see it as evidence of some big conspiracy like others are saying.
A lot of the stuff people complain about happening to the Trump campaign/conspiracy staff are systemic problems. They happen to nearly everybody accused of a crime. They need to be fixed but they were largely created by the same people who voted for Trump so once he’s gone the outcry for criminal law reform will end.
Every case where I’ve seen police serve a warrant in a home looked like this one, I had the same eye roll reaction to a couple of them, but all of them seemed more reasonable at their inception than reenacting a Tom Clancy Novel to go get Roger Stone, who appears physically harmless.
Basically saying I don’t know what the internal policy is. Might be that every take down is done this way. Also not sure whether they had any legit evidence that he was planning to flee. Seems unlikely since he was given bail.
We’re either speaking different languages, have a very different recollection of Baghdad Bob, or you’re trying too hard.So to summarize your reply on the BS force level used in the raid...View attachment 191325
Lol I quoted the wrong quote.We’re either speaking different languages, have a very different recollection of Baghdad Bob, or you’re trying too hard.
Yeah I’m totally speculating on the policy. Local law enforcement probably wouldn’t bother arresting a non-violent older rich white guy who isn’t dealing drugs, like Roger Stone, unless it made the news and he wasn’t turning himself in.Lol I quoted the wrong quote.I was reading thru the chain and got a “This is the way they’ve always done it” vibe from you but in your wall of text you’re not espousing that theme, rather seemed to think it was excessive but perhaps was policy.
I don’t agree with the policy speculation, but it’s just that speculation. That kind of force response sets the prosecution’s desired perception of the defendant. Luckily in Stone’s case he can’t keep his mouth shut ever so we’ll get LOTS of multiple takes before his first appearance!
I find the signature note release pretty significant. That tells me the judge sees zero risk there.Yeah I’m totally speculating on the policy. Local law enforcement probably wouldn’t bother arresting a non-violent older rich white guy who isn’t dealing drugs, like Roger Stone, unless it made the news and he wasn’t turning himself in.
The more I think about it, the more I think it was probably set up to be a spectacle. I read that they had to ask the judge for some special procedure to keep it sealed until they served it on him because he’s a flight risk or might destroy evidence, but then the judge let him out on bond which means he’s not a flight risk. Can’t imagine there’s a ton of evidence in his house.
I have 0 sympathy for Roger Stone. He’s basically the political version of a sleazy televangelist. This does look like the OSC was being petty, at best.
A Dirty tricksters might just keep leveraging materials.I find the signature note release pretty significant. That tells me the judge sees zero risk there.
And he’s been under investigation for two years. If they get a treasure trove of information from that bust he’s the stupidest white collar criminal ever.