The FBI told a federal magistrate judge that it intended to open hundreds of safe deposit boxes seized during a March 2021 raid in order to inventory the items inside—but new evidence shows that federal agents were plotting all along to use the operation as an opportunity to forfeit cash and other valuables. [More]
So: Who’s going to jail?
[Via Jess]
“In court documents, the attorneys say the government’s behavior “before, during, and after” the raid at U.S. Private Vaults is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures.”
When will there be prosecution for willful deprivation of rights under color of law?
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law