I don't trust the FBI to preserve evidence any more. We have to hope the NYPD has a copy of the computer files. Crimes involving the Internet often result in joint jurisdiction because interstate or internation communications are part and parcel of the crime, hence federal jurisdiction. But state law can make the same conduct criminal, hence local jurisdiction like the NYPD. There can be alot of behind the scenes maneuvering/.politicking as to whether.one or the other is going to take control. Double jeopardy safeguards come into play as well.
Was the NYPD union pro Hillary or anti Hillary? We pray that the NYPD is safeguarding all evidence in this manner.
The NYPD never had the laptop before the FBI. They never turned it over to the FBI. This was a deliberate hoax. The FBI seized the laptop, not the NYPD. This has always been false.
Thanks again. Hopefully the rest of the comment helps in understanding how joint jurisdiction can occur. Im only reciting from memory about the lap top which now appears to be a hoax; then again there might be some truth behind the hoax. Until we see evidence from a credible source, we can't speculate. I know nothing about Erik Prince except his mercenary interests and Guiliani seems to be having lots of "senior moments" of late.
Well Erik Prince was later revealed to working as an informal advisor with the Trump campaign, so he was not an objective source during this time. He was a more effective surrogate on TV because his association with Trump was secret, he was not officialy tied to the campaign and thus could pose as independent party for a story like this.
His sister is Betty DeVos who became Trump's Secretary of Education, which people think was a pay-back. There was a very strange case that came out before the election that the FBI still has an open (I think) investigation on. (Open investigations do not mean they are active, but can just mean the FBI hasn't concluded them and is open to new evidence.) An internet researcher found that a Trump Organization server was commnunicate with pretty much just two other server. One in Russia and one in Erik Prince's brother in law's company.
Alfa Bank alone represents 80% of the lookups, according to these leaked internet records.
Far back in second place, with 714 such lookups, was a company called Spectrum Health.
Spectrum is a medical facility chain led by Dick DeVos, the husband of Betsy DeVos, who was appointed by Trump as U.S. education secretary.
Together, Alfa and Spectrum accounted for 99% of the lookups.
It's still unclear what this was about or how it could have happened accidentally.
Prince himself is being investigated by the Mueller committee because he attended a meeting in early Jan 2016 on behalf of the incoming Trump adminstration in the remote Seychelles Islands with the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and the ruler of the United Arab Emirates. Prince admits he flew all the way to the Seychelles to meet with the Emiratis, but the meeting with the Russian was just a coincidence. However, an adviser to the UAE who set up that meeting and later had White House contacts is cooperating with Mueller and people believe this was intended as secret Trump back channel to Russia of the type Manafort and Kushner discussed with the Russian ambassador.
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Pizzalawyer ago
I don't trust the FBI to preserve evidence any more. We have to hope the NYPD has a copy of the computer files. Crimes involving the Internet often result in joint jurisdiction because interstate or internation communications are part and parcel of the crime, hence federal jurisdiction. But state law can make the same conduct criminal, hence local jurisdiction like the NYPD. There can be alot of behind the scenes maneuvering/.politicking as to whether.one or the other is going to take control. Double jeopardy safeguards come into play as well.
Was the NYPD union pro Hillary or anti Hillary? We pray that the NYPD is safeguarding all evidence in this manner.
Are_we_sure ago
Pizzalawyer,
The NYPD never had the laptop before the FBI. They never turned it over to the FBI. This was a deliberate hoax. The FBI seized the laptop, not the NYPD. This has always been false.
Pizzalawyer ago
Thanks again. Hopefully the rest of the comment helps in understanding how joint jurisdiction can occur. Im only reciting from memory about the lap top which now appears to be a hoax; then again there might be some truth behind the hoax. Until we see evidence from a credible source, we can't speculate. I know nothing about Erik Prince except his mercenary interests and Guiliani seems to be having lots of "senior moments" of late.
Are_we_sure ago
Well Erik Prince was later revealed to working as an informal advisor with the Trump campaign, so he was not an objective source during this time. He was a more effective surrogate on TV because his association with Trump was secret, he was not officialy tied to the campaign and thus could pose as independent party for a story like this.
His sister is Betty DeVos who became Trump's Secretary of Education, which people think was a pay-back. There was a very strange case that came out before the election that the FBI still has an open (I think) investigation on. (Open investigations do not mean they are active, but can just mean the FBI hasn't concluded them and is open to new evidence.) An internet researcher found that a Trump Organization server was commnunicate with pretty much just two other server. One in Russia and one in Erik Prince's brother in law's company.
It's still unclear what this was about or how it could have happened accidentally.
Prince himself is being investigated by the Mueller committee because he attended a meeting in early Jan 2016 on behalf of the incoming Trump adminstration in the remote Seychelles Islands with the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and the ruler of the United Arab Emirates. Prince admits he flew all the way to the Seychelles to meet with the Emiratis, but the meeting with the Russian was just a coincidence. However, an adviser to the UAE who set up that meeting and later had White House contacts is cooperating with Mueller and people believe this was intended as secret Trump back channel to Russia of the type Manafort and Kushner discussed with the Russian ambassador.
The latest news on this meeting came out yesterday, a plane belonging to the Russian politician flew to the Seychelles the day before this meeting. https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2018/05/new_details_emerge_on_russian_aircraft_in_seychell.html
Prince also just singed a giant mercenary contract with China.