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.
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.
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!
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.
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.