THIS is what happens when you fuck with the FBI....

[RandySF]

A CBS headline on the top of my phone...

Sources who have seen the warrants against Michael Cohen tell CBS News that they seem like a "search and destroy mission" focused on President Trump.

You just don't try and fuck with the most elite law enforcement agency on the world.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Don't make it sound like a revenge thing. It's not.

They have found evidence of illegal acts and they're just doing their job.

[Kirk Lover]

4. That's right.....and that's the whole point of fucking w/ the FBI in the first place..to discredit..

because RUMP obviously knows what they are going to find.

[meadowlander]

12. +1. This is what happens when you break the law and try to cover it up.

Fucking with the FBI has nothing to do with it.

[True Blue American]

55. True

Just do not treat the law as your personal protector?

They are not! The FBI and Justice Department is there to protect,”We, The People!”

[RVN VET71]

62. But schadenfreude is icing on the cake

These investigations would all be going on even if Trump had done nothing but praise the FBI. But Trump being Trump, I suspect numerous professionals -- not just FBI, but CIA and other Federal LEOs -- are taking a certain amount of pleasure each time another nail is hammered into the coffin's lid.

[cpamomfromtexas]

23. To be fair, they could have ignored it. I went to FBI

And walked them through the evidence of a friend of mine-nothing so far has been done as far as we can tell.

[Duppers]

28. I called the local office many yrs ago

And left a message about an important crime issue*, along with my willingness to share a name and info. A person trusted me enough to tell me something truly shocking. Anyway, I never got a call back.

* Not about drugs.

[jberryhill]

39. Reporting federal crimes to the FBI is futile

I handed them a guy on a silver platter who doing serial bank fraud to the tune of over $100k. They could not give a shit.

[Honeycombe8]

44. That's not how the FBI gets involved.

They don't take calls from the public. Too many wackos with personal vendettas would call in about their ex gfs or bfs.

You report a crime to local authorities, and they will investigate, if they think it's warranted. IF it involves certain crimes, and IF they get a warrant, they'll refer to the FBI. I think that's how it works.

Notice that even Mueller didn't go straight to the FBI.

[JustAnotherGen]

51. +1000 or

They reach out to you for assistance. Ditto Secret Service.

[louis-t]

56. And by the way, unless it's $500,000

for things like identity fraud, they don't even get involved. So much of it is going on.

[Honeycombe8]

42. To be fair, felonies at this level are a little different than your friend's issues.

The head of the FBI is Trump appointee, Republican Chris Wray. The warrants were reviewed & approved by Trump's DOJ people,and Republican Rosenstein.

It was reviewed & approved by a judge. This is a serious matter. It's not easy to get search and seizure warrants against an attorney, much less the personal attorney of the President. There must be strong evidence that was attached to the warrant requests.

They're doing their job. This is serious stuff.

[Renew Deal]

31. And he's as crooked as can be

[Honeycombe8]

41. Exactly. The OP is RIDICULOUS and anti-FBI. Trump appointee Chris Wray is FBI Director.

He's Republican. A host of high level DOJ (Trump's DOJ) reviewed and approved the warrants. Republican Mueller turned info over to Republican Rosenstein. A judge reviewed and approved it. It's not easy to get search and seizure warrants on an attorney, much less the President's personal attorney.

This was not payback in any way. That's insulting to the FBI, the DOJ, the AG's office, and the rule of law. They are not on a fishing expedition.

[blake2012]

49. Exactly. RW wants a FBI our to get Trump meme to take hold

[mnmoderatedem]

67. true but

trump didn't help himself by his constant insults of the intelligence community.

the "intelligence" community that he constantly denigrated for his own ends is going to kick his ass.

[NCTraveler]

2. Sounds about right.

It’s just not a good idea in general.

[Iliyah]

3. If t-rump goes down so does a whole lot of his cronies

such as Nunes, et al.

[gratuitous]

5. Or be a LOT more circumspect about it

Like the folks who broke into the FBI office in Media PA were:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224642/the-burglary-by-betty-medsger/9780804173667/

If you haven't read it, get it, and read it! The true, firsthand story of the folks who uncovered Hoover's COINTELPRO shenanigans.

[Corgigal]

6. I never understood how they didn't fear this.

We all knew this was coming. My family would be dropping from a heart attack, this isn't play.

Almost nothing worst an American can experience.

Thanks, I'll stay middle class and law abiding. Just couldn't handle that amount of stress. Masterminds believing their own hype. Dangerous.

[RandySF]

7. I would pee in my pants if one just asked me a question.

[raven mad]

10. Nah. Our last resident special agent was a mmusher.

The only question he asked was how cold is it at the starting line? (Yukon Quest)

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

50. When I graduated ROTC but had not been called to active duty I got a knock on the door.

When I opened it, there was a man holding out his identification (I can't remember if it was FBI or OSI) and telling me he was doing a background investigation and would I answer some questions. Like I had a choice. He was very nice, I was a nervous wreck. I didn't think I had ever done anything that would warrant further investigation, but it's hard to think when your mind is racing a mile a minute.

I would have probably pissed in my pants had he handed me a search warrant.

In the end I passed the background check.

[RandomAccess]

8. Oh, that's not helpful at all

That plays right into the hands of Mueller detractors who say this is all just partisan shit.

[Skittles]

13. agreed

[DemoTex]

20. I agree with Skitt.

It's in our contract.

[triron]

26. Usually agree with you but here I have to say I love what RandySF posted.

FUCK Trump and Big Time. He is a monster.

[Volaris]

30. They can say that until the evidence becomes un-ignorable.

'If the president does it, it's not illegal.' is NOT the same as saying 'the president didn't do it.'
Even the people who thought Nixon was wrong to resign were ready to admit he actually did that shit. Proof is Proof. The American People will eventually just ignore them for their idiocy.

Then maybe we can get ourselves back to running an actual democracy with a useful and functional government.

[Honeycombe8]

47. Yes, it does. And it's totally false. Trump appointee Chris Wray is FBI Director AND it's not THEIR

warrants. The warrants came from the SDNY, approved by Trump's DOJ, Republican Rosenstein, and a judge. This is in no way payback. That's a ridiculous claim and childish even to think it. Shows he doesn't understand the procedure and the review process that was involved in this serious matter.

[Exotica]

60. I heard on the telly today that Trump is going to fire Wray soon

What a shitshow!

[Docreed2003]

9. ...

[Leith]

11. Let's Not Call It Revenge

But it looks like a lot of good motivation.

[yonder]

14. "that they seem like a "search and destroy mission""

Talk about CBS planting a seed/meme. For whatever reason, that sounds like CBS is trying to set a hook.

[Johnny2X2X]

15. Boyscouts

The FBI is filled with absolute Boyscouts. These are the brightest and best and they are committed to th law and to doing things the right way. They will make a case with zero holes in it.

[PaulX2]

16. FBI Don't Like Crooks

Sorry Trump.

[usaf-vet]

17. Democracy at work. Laws are for everyone including POTUS

Your old methods of avoiding responsibility are not going to work now. It may take longer but to quote our British friends. YOU WILL BE IN THE DOCK BEFORE THIS IS OVER.

[world wide wally]

18. Like "messing with Sasquatch"?

[DemoTex]

19. The Untouchables

Eliot Ness - Robert Mueller

[former9thward]

21. So when the FBI sent letters to Martin Luther King suggesting he commit suicide

he should have just gone along with it. Ok, I know where you are coming from... People calling themselves progressives have now gone 180 degrees from where they used to be.

[dflprincess]

22. Former Hippies Put in Horrible Position of Rooting for F.B.I.

Andy Borowitz

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/former-hippies-put-in-horrible-position-of-rooting-for-fbi

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Former hippies across the United States have been put in the unbearable position of rooting for the F.B.I., hippies have confirmed.

From Vermont to California, erstwhile hippies bemoaned a nightmare scenario that has forced them to side with a law-enforcement agency they have despised since the Summer of Love.

“I always dreamed I’d spend my retirement surrounded by my grandchildren, telling them that the F.B.I. were fascist pigs,” Carol Foyler, a former hippie who lives in Santa Cruz, said. “That dream has been shot to hell.”

Her husband, Mick, nodded his head in sad agreement. “We were so happy when pot was legalized in California,” he said. “But the fact that we’re now on the same side as the F.B.I. has ruined even that.”

Now in their seventies, the Foylers are spending their days doing things they never dreamed possible when they traipsed through the mud at Woodstock: going door to door in Santa Cruz, asking other former freaks to sign a pro-F.B.I. petition.

“Donald Trump has wrecked America’s standing around the world, spread misogyny and bigotry, ravaged the environment, and endorsed a child molester,” Carol said. “But making people like us support the F.B.I. is the most unforgivable thing he’s done.”

[former9thward]

25. I made a FOIA request for my FBI file.

It now sits proudly in my living room 3 1/2 inches thick detailing my activities as a Students for a Democratic Society leader on the west coast and later activities. I was never a hippie and maybe that's why I will never fall into the trap of worshiping the FBI or anyone who works for them.

[Volaris]

32. No kiddin that's A Thing you gan get???

Holy cow now I want mine (if I have one...I wonder if I can ask them to run an online search on me first so they know that I know that they know what porn I watch lol)!

[former9thward]

64. Yes, you can get it.

The FBI has a FOIA website and you can do it online. Be prepared to wait a long time. It is not a section that is fully staffed...

https://efoia.fbi.gov/#home

[Honeycombe8]

45. Silly article. nt

[hueymahl]

59. You realize that article is satire, right?

It is supposed to be a bit silly.

[Honeycombe8]

61. Is that like when Trump later says, "I was just joking"?

I take things as they are stated. If it's a joke...people indicate that at the time. If it's satire, it appears in a satirical publication or is stated to be satire. Otherwise...it ain't a joke, and it sure ain't satire.

[hueymahl]

63. Understood - that is exactly what the article says

Boorwitz writes a column that is pure satire. The heading on the article says in red type "Satire from the Borowitz Report"

But you do have to click on the link to see it, so if you did not bother to do that, I could see how you would be confused.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. The FBI also got cleaned up pretty considerably after those days.

J. Edgar Hoover, who was its director for 48 years, turned it into his own very powerful fiefdom and used information it collected to control the decisions of politicians. It eventually became notorious for its political intelligence gathering, obscenity investigations, secret files and targeting of African-Americans, gays, war protesters and leftists. During the '60s and '70s they surveilled peaceful civilians who were involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements, which Hoover considered to be Communist movements. After Hoover died, Congress passed legislation to ensure that directors would serve 10-year term to avoid the abuses of an entrenched director like Hoover. It would also help avoid FBI directors being subservient to partisan presidential interests.

Although there's certainly room for criticism it's not Hoover's FBI any more.

[triron]

24. Oh hell ya!

[George II]

29. They are a tightly knit, PATRIOTIC group of Americans.

[uppityperson]

35. Making eggs benedict requires careful orchestration.

You have to have warm, crispy bacon, hot buttered toasted English muffins, eggs poached perfectly to your desire, and a warm, creamy, unbroken Hollandaise sauce, all at about the same time.

[uppityperson]

38. Prep time: 5 minutesCook time: 20 minutesYield: Makes 4 one-egg one-muffin servings

Chicken ampersands &

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. That's precisely why I order them in restaurants instead.

[Honeycombe8]

37. The FBI Director is Trump appointee, Republican Chris Wray. These warrants were reviewed & approved.

by a host of high level Trump DOJ people, Republican Rosenstein, and the info was turned in to Rosenstein by Republican Mueller.

But nice try, Mr. 2-post, out-of-the-gate anti-FBI.

[Honeycombe8]

34. I don't think it's payback. This was reviewed by high level DOJ, Rosenstein, & referred by Mueller.

The FBI Director is now Trump appointee, Republican Chris Wray. No, this isn't payback at all.

But Trump probably thinks it is.

[NoMoreRepugs]

43. All the Intelligence Services have been maligned

by El Douche..... the rule of law combined with karma is a formidable force.

[Cha]

46. And Fuck with the FBI they

did! Hoisting themselves on their own damn Petard!

[Grammy23]

48. I am not sure what is going through tRumps Head about now.

He is quite used to doing whatever he wants to do with fixers like Cohen to make it all okay again. He pays off various people and the punishment that most of us would get for our misdeeds goes away for him. At least it has worked that way up to now.

tRump is in a whole other arena and the old methods are not protecting him anymore. And his fixers and ass kissers are finding themselves in the hot seat. How many will sing like a canary to save their own hides. Cohen says he will take a bullet for tRump. When the long arm of the law starts to put the screws to this guy, let’s see how brave he is and how many bullets he is prepared to take for a guy that has already tossed him under the bus and is prepared to put it in reverse and back over him again as often as necessary.

[thewhollytoast]

52. a little bit always gets left in your pants

All 100 senators headed to White House for classified briefing on North Korea on Apr. 26, 2017

All 100 senators were invited and taken in buses for the unprecedented, classified briefing. President Trump's secretary of State, Defense secretary, top general and national intelligence director were to outline for them North Korea's escalating nuclear capabilities and U.S. response options, officials said. The briefing team was to meet later with House members in the Capitol.

The unusual sessions don't necessarily presage the use of force along one of the world's most heavily militarized frontiers, and some lawmakers questioned whether the cross-Washington procession was largely show, with Trump expected to drop in on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building gathering of lawmakers.

But it certainly reflected the increased American alarm over North Korea's progress in developing a nuclear-tipped missile that could strike the U.S. mainland. And the recent flurry of military activity on and around the divided Korean peninsula has put the world at high alert.

But, this is not true. Bernie Sanders never got on that bus. He stated that he did not want to be part of a photo-opportunity.

Principles count. I know he won’t run again, but there are many that will.

Go Ema!

[BlueJac]

53. Go get them crooks

[NastyRiffraff]

54. I agree with people who said this wasn't revenge

However, people in the FBI are human beings, with human feelings. They can't help but be upset with Trump's constant attacks on the agency. They definitely did investigate a potential serious crime, by the book and after multiple officials signing off on the warrant, but I'll bet at least some of them felt a certain amount of "fuck you, Trump" privately.

[Orsino]

57. Well, now the GOP has a new sound bite with which to deflect. n/t

[Nitram]

58. And the NYPD.

[spanone]

65. K&R...

[czarjak]

66. Cant wait for the CIA to extract their pound of flesh...

[PufPuf23]

68. The FBI has warts and a checkered history.

So far looks good regards removal of Trump but I reserve judgement pending results.