And the worst example of this is from political revolutionary Andrew Yang:I’m no Trump fan. So let’s begin:“It seems like this was authorized by a local judge”First, the search warrant must be sought in the district it will be executed in. Magistrate judges are term positions that are appointed by Federal Judges in a specific District. The idea that a particular FBI branch office would unilaterally move forward without seeking input from FBI headquarters or DoJ headquarters is ridiculous. To get a sense of how in-depth a warrant application needs to be, see the 50-page application that was filed to obtain the Paul Manafort search warrant in 2017.

Source: Washington Post August 10, 2022 19:19 UTC