Gowdy on Cohen Raid: A Neutral Detached Federal Judge Signed off on this Warrant

‘What we don’t know what the basis of the probable cause was’

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WALLACE: "Normally the decision to launch a military strike would fill the plate of any president. But this weekend president Trump has plenty more to deal with. The criminal investigation of his personal lawyer, a special counsel continuing to breathe down his neck, and now a damaging book by the former head of the F.B.I. Joining me to discuss all this all this South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy chair of the house oversight committee and a member of the house intelligence committee. Let’s start with the F.B.I. Raid on the home, the hotel, and the offices of president Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen which raises obvious questions about possible violation of attorney/client privilege. As a former federal prosecutor, are you convinced that this raid was appropriate or at least on its face not inappropriate?"
GOWDY: "Here is what we know. We know a neutral detached federal magistrate had to sign off on the search warrant. We know that it requires the highest levels of D.O.J. Permission to seize attorney/client records. By that I mean the attorney general or deputy attorney general. We also know it must have nothing to do with Bob Mueller’s probe either directly or indirectly or he would not have referred it. What we don’t know what the basis of the probable cause was, what was searched and what was seized. So we know a little — we don’t know a little bit. The most important thing we know is that a neutral detached federal judge has nothing to do with politics signed off on this warrant."

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