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Stone is an elderly man with a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back, and a longtime adviser and confidant of President Trump. The latter fact may be the key to the FBI tactics, but Wray will never say that, you can bet.
Collins as well as Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), are questioning the amount of force used in arresting the 66-year-old Stone at his home. They were just short of using a C4 charge on the door with guns blazing in spite of the fact that he was not deemed a flight risk [his passport has expired] and had already publicly stated that he expected to be indicted.
“Although none of the seven charges against Stone is considered to be a violent crime, the FBI demonstrated an immense show of force during an early-morning raid on Stone’s home,” Collins wrote in his letter to Wray. “Given the fact that the FBI is embroiled in a scandal related to the origins of this investigation, we are perplexed about why the FBI would use such a show of force in the arrest of an elderly man.”
Collins also points out that when Sen. Bob Menendez, (D-NJ), was indicted in 2015 on 14 charges – as with Stone, the charges included giving false statements – he and his lawyers were permitted to discuss and prepare how Menendez would voluntarily surrender.
Collins as well as Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), are questioning the amount of force used in arresting the 66-year-old Stone at his home. They were just short of using a C4 charge on the door with guns blazing in spite of the fact that he was not deemed a flight risk [his passport has expired] and had already publicly stated that he expected to be indicted.
“Although none of the seven charges against Stone is considered to be a violent crime, the FBI demonstrated an immense show of force during an early-morning raid on Stone’s home,” Collins wrote in his letter to Wray. “Given the fact that the FBI is embroiled in a scandal related to the origins of this investigation, we are perplexed about why the FBI would use such a show of force in the arrest of an elderly man.”
Collins also points out that when Sen. Bob Menendez, (D-NJ), was indicted in 2015 on 14 charges – as with Stone, the charges included giving false statements – he and his lawyers were permitted to discuss and prepare how Menendez would voluntarily surrender.
Perhaps the "D" after his name can give us some indication.
In his letter, Collins asks Wray to clarify how far up the chain of command the knowledge of the raid and tactics used went, and whether the FBI had any discussions with Stone’s attorneys before the raid. He also asks if the FBI spoke to any media organizations ahead of the raid as a Comedy News Network (CNN) commentator was at the scene when the raid on Stone’s house went down and overheard his conversation with FBI agents.
In his letter, Collins asks Wray to clarify how far up the chain of command the knowledge of the raid and tactics used went, and whether the FBI had any discussions with Stone’s attorneys before the raid. He also asks if the FBI spoke to any media organizations ahead of the raid as a Comedy News Network (CNN) commentator was at the scene when the raid on Stone’s house went down and overheard his conversation with FBI agents.
What are the chances? The network claims they saw Grand Jury papers that led them to guess about Stone about to be raided, but those papers are confidential, even to the press, [although CNN doesn't fall into that category].
Collins joined a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers and strategists criticizing Stone's arrest, with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie calling it “overkill” and downing a Whopper with a diet coke.
Collins joined a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers and strategists criticizing Stone's arrest, with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie calling it “overkill” and downing a Whopper with a diet coke.
A former FBI agent comparing the raid to a “pre-dawn ‘knock-and-announce’ arrest warrant of a meth lab somewhere in the United States.” Stone himself drew a parallel between the level of force displayed during his arrest and that used to capture alleged Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman.
Mueller's team and Democratic lawyers with the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia are jointly prosecuting the case against Stone in the hopes of getting some dirt on Trump. They did not push for Stone to be jailed or for U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson to impose a gag order in the case, but to get Stone to stop talking about anything would actually require a real gag.
Stone remains free on $250,000 bond.
Mueller's team and Democratic lawyers with the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia are jointly prosecuting the case against Stone in the hopes of getting some dirt on Trump. They did not push for Stone to be jailed or for U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson to impose a gag order in the case, but to get Stone to stop talking about anything would actually require a real gag.
Stone remains free on $250,000 bond.
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