Nice to see that the Fibbies are making jackbooted hay while the sun still shines (before the darkness falls over their little empire courtesy of Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz):
The New York Post reported Wednesday that “the FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning — just a week after the election-betting platform successfully predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s win.” The raid was as theatrical and histrionic as the raid on Mar-a-Lago was: “The 26-year-old entrepreneur was woken up at 6:00 a.m. in his Soho home by law U.S. enforcement officers who demanded his phone and electronics.” Why show up at 6 a.m.? Why demand Coplan’s phone and electronics? Whatever this was about, was it really necessary to treat Shayne Coplan as if he were armed and dangerous?
Apparently, the answer is yes, because Polymarket had the audacity to represent accurately the electoral groundswell for Trump. The Post quoted a source calling the raid “grand political theater at its worst,” and adding sensibly: “They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons.”
Even worse, the feds didn’t even tell Coplan what it was all about. He was “not provided any reason for the incident, but the source said they expect it is political retribution since Polymarket accurately predicted Trump’s win – not traditional polls.” The raid is likely a prelude to more political persecution: “The government is likely trying to accuse Polymarket of market manipulation and rigging its polls in favor of Trump.”
Here’s a thought for FutureAG Gaetz: Day One of your tenure, find out who originated the idea for this raid, who authorized it, who went on it, then fire all of them without benefits and nuke their pension.
Don’t even ask me what I really think about this.
The gestapo is getting in a few more raids before the new sheriff comes to town
Also don’t forget Trump’s upcoming sentencing for the 34 felonies in New York just before Thanksgiving. We’ll see if that gets dismissed or some bullshit is pulled.
Liberals don’t like when they don’t get their way. They are a dirty group of bastards. Keep liberals at arms length whenever possible.
Nope.
Remember: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”. To which I would add “but have a weapon in your right hand aimed at your enemy’s neck.”
“The New York Post reported Wednesday that “the FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning”
Once again a journalism failure because “…find out who originated the idea for this raid, who authorized it, who went on it, then fire all of them without benefits and nuke their pension.”
Journalists never do the extra work to find those names and publish them unless the individual perps are conservative.
I think the judge in the Trump case in NY put the sentencing on hold. I thought I heard that in passing but didn’t look into it deeply
With the first knock on the door a switch should have been thrown and a hail of shrapnel would have reduced the door, the jamb and head and threshold, and all things within 50 feet of the door to molecular waste. Clean up would entail an industrial grade shop vac.
These raids will continue until the rank and file door kickers learn that they kicked the wrong door down. And that lesson will be hard and painful. Far too many will do it for the pension and adrenaline rush.