Judge Who Signed FBI MAL Warrant Faces Threats And Pro-Trump Media Attacks

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.

Far-right Trump supporters online have been bombarding Bruce Reinhart, the federal magistrate who reportedly signed the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and his family with anti-Semitic threats.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1428334
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The ex-president is anxious that there’s a “rat” in his inner circle feeding intel on him to the feds and that people, including Republicans visiting his clubs, are wearing a wire around him, according to Rolling Stone.

This one’s for @mattinpa

https://twitter.com/DonLew87/status/1557682445318852608

Morning folks!

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If I did “get a sick sexual thrill from trying to lock up Republicans,” would that be wrong?

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Gee I wonder why Steve Lenin wouldn’t let Loony Laura come on his propaganda show?

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Hire ratty people. Complain about rats. Go figure.

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One thing the media haven’t much picked up on. It’s buried within this Politico story, but the irony is classic:

“Notably, Trump — after a fierce campaign against Clinton in which he called for her to be jailed for her handling of classified material — signed a law in 2018 that stiffened the penalty for the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents from one year to five years, turning it into a felony offense.”

In other words, to satisfy their hatred for Hillary, a Republican Congress passed and Trump signed a law that turns classified document mishandling from a one-year misdemeanor to a 5-year felony. That’ll teach Hillary!

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Where does he think he is running. Texas??
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Has anyone noted the coincidence of the threats against the magistrate and the interview with Abbott?

We’re now getting two separate anti-Semitic stories simultaneously out of TrumpWorld today. This really tells you all you need to know about these people.

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FBI’s Wray Denounces Threats Following Search of Trump Home – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com)

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He better call Orkin…

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FBI delivers subpoenas to several Pa. Republican lawmakers: sources say - pennlive.com

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Good lord, those people are not only stupid but paranoid as well.

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“And more oddly, why we have to make a point of this obvious fact.”

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So what you’re saying is that irony has been resurrected?

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Aren’t threats and doxxing of a federal magistrate, kind of…highly illegal?

And, this isn’t about this judge. This is about intimidation of any future judges who get too big for their britches, and think they’re allowed to perform their sworn duties to the Constitution.

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