They asked him about Colorado and Dominion voting machines, then provided him a warrant to seize his phone. At first, he said, he didn’t want to turn it over because he runs all of his companies off that phone and he couldn’t operate without it. They didn’t raid him at his home. They tracked him down. He had been on a hunting trip in Iowa and was driving back. He stopped at a Hardee’s in Mankato, Minnesota. That’s when they appeared out of nowhere. They went to the trouble of hunting him down. [More]
That was to send an ominous message.
He’s lucky he was in a public place. Imagine the free rein they’d have had if they’d pulled him over on a secluded stretch of road.
[Via Michael G]
“… and I said those are either bad guys or the FBI.”
Or they’re the bad guys from the FBI.
Makes a great case for ‘burner phones’ and Faraday bags. Huh!
Just make sure you pay for them with cash.
On one hand, they tracked him down and confronted him.
On the other hand, there was no need to deploy SWAT to kick in his door at 2:30 am. It proves they CAN do things non-violently during daylight hours, and undermines the “we have to kick in doors to prevent destruction of evidence” argument in favor of pre-dawn no-knock raids.
And on the shooting hand, we now know no option is off-limits, and no place is safe from surveillance, search, and seizure.
Prepare accordingly.