Bongino discusses loss of trust in FBI

On the Bongino show today, he makes a point about trust in the our institutions, in particular the FBI. He said something that caused a light to go on in my head, and I rushed here to write it up in a post. He said the words "magistrate judge". Ka-ching! ( does a light go "ka-ching"? nah! but I like the word anyway.)

You see, there's an argument out there that magistrate judges have no business issuing warrants AT ALL. In this Constitutional system, only Presidents can appoint judges. Magistrate judges are merely assistants to real judges. These guys might as well be paralegals working for real judges.

So you have to ask a question. That is, ask a question besides the one that says whether or not this is a valid point. Maybe there's some legal case history to examine, which isn't my job, but anybody could go over that and verify for themselves if this is highly irregular or not. No, this extra question is this: if the FBI has lost trust in their institution, could it be that they had to go a magistrate judge because a real judge would have thrown this out in a heartbeat? Would this case even exist in a real Constitutional process?

The more you look at it, the worse it is. Dan Bongino asks: Do you really want an FBI like this? A poll said 53 percent of the public said that they don't trust the FBI. This has consequences. One consequence is that they cannot properly do their jobs anymore because public trust has been compromised. A judge can look at their track record and see that there's a problem here. They could say: "Hey you guys: didn't you fake a FISA warrant application with respect to this same guy before?"

The same question could be asked all around. Once you lose the trust, you are going to have a lot harder time getting your job done. Why would you want to destroy that trust? It can come back and bite you if you don't pay heed. This warrant can come back and bite them really hard, and they don't need that right now. Not that I much care about THAT one. The Democrats need to be beaten very badly in this coming election. This is one of the many reasons why.