No. The laptop was seized because there was evidence in the press that Weiner sexted with an underage girl in another state. Crimes that cross state lines are federal crimes and the US Attorney in NY subpoenaed the laptop and it was seized by the FBI.
It was likely seized from the NYPD because it had evidence which incriminated the FBI's political masters. The FBI doesn't give a shit about sexting with minors.
It was not seized from the NYPD in any way, shape or form. The FBI got the laptop from Weiner under a Federal subpoena. So you are wrong on this case.
The FBI doesn't give a shit about sexting with minors.
You are wrong on this case too. Weiner plead to federal charges and negotiated his plea with the Department of Justice and FBI was the law enforcement involved here.
Anthony Weiner Pleads Guilty to Federal Obscenity Charge
Reports of the federal investigation surfaced in September after DailyMail.com reported that Mr. Weiner had engaged in an online relationship with the girl, which included explicit messages sent over social media and suggestive texts.
It was during the investigation that the F.B.I. seized Mr. Weiner’s electronic devices, including a laptop on which agents found a trove of emails to Ms. Abedin.
The NYPD had the laptop first. They found 500,000 supposedly lost Clinton emails, along with other incriminating evidence. Someone inside the department threatened to leak the contents, and then the FBI swooped in and took everything. There hasn't been a peep about it since then.
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carmencita ago
I remember still being on reddit when this all started. When the NYPD said how horrible the stuff on there was. Let's hope this is it.
IGiveZeroFucks ago
Supposedly this is why the FBI re-opened the case -- to seize the laptop.
Are_we__sure ago
No. The laptop was seized because there was evidence in the press that Weiner sexted with an underage girl in another state. Crimes that cross state lines are federal crimes and the US Attorney in NY subpoenaed the laptop and it was seized by the FBI.
It was only then, that the laptop was examined.
IGiveZeroFucks ago
It was likely seized from the NYPD because it had evidence which incriminated the FBI's political masters. The FBI doesn't give a shit about sexting with minors.
Are_we_sure ago
It was not seized from the NYPD in any way, shape or form. The FBI got the laptop from Weiner under a Federal subpoena. So you are wrong on this case.
You are wrong on this case too. Weiner plead to federal charges and negotiated his plea with the Department of Justice and FBI was the law enforcement involved here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/nyregion/anthony-weiner-guilty-plea-sexting.html
IGiveZeroFucks ago
The NYPD had the laptop first. They found 500,000 supposedly lost Clinton emails, along with other incriminating evidence. Someone inside the department threatened to leak the contents, and then the FBI swooped in and took everything. There hasn't been a peep about it since then.
Shillaxe ago
"There hasn't been a peep about it (or from are_we_sure) since then. "