A judge signed off on the seizure of the Venezuelan tanker!

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18. You just lost a dollar.

The seizure warrant was issued by Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Faruqui was appointed as a magistrate judge in 2020. Magistrate Judges are selected by the active judges on the court -- at the time of his appointment, there were 14 active judges on the court, 10 appointed by Clinton or Obama, four by Trump.

Here is more information about Magistrate Judge Faruqui. https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/Appointment%20of%20Zia%20Mustafa%20Faruqui.pdf