Why did a low-level, unconfirmed, unappointed magistrate judge sign off on the most consequential FBI warrant in decades? If any warrant application demanded the eyes of a real judge, it would be one targeting the former President of the United States. Yet, this judge was happy to give the FBI what they wanted while the FBI was happy to accept.

  • US Magistrate Judges are not Article III judges.

  • Not appointed by the POTUS.

  • Not confirmed by the Senate.

  • They sign virtually all federal warrants.

  • How does a USMJ not kick an application for a search warrant on a former POTUS upstairs to a real judge? 😒