RantCrush Top 5: December 21, 2016

Yesterday, the FBI warrant for Hillary Clinton’s emails was unsealed, and Los Angeles lawyer Randy Schoenberg, who had requested it, said he was “appalled.” He wanted to find out what probable cause the agency had to believe that anything on Anthony Weiner’s computer could be incriminating to Clinton. He claims that the FBI warrant didn’t provide any specifics at all.

“I see nothing at all in the search warrant application that would give rise to probable cause, nothing that would make anyone suspect that there was anything on the laptop beyond what the FBI had already searched and determined not to be evidence of a crime,” he said.

The FBI had nothing to justify its election-changing intervention against #Clinton. Zero. Zilch. It was all politicshttps://t.co/9xzY2GNbYt

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) December 21, 2016

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.