Laurence Tribe:

[triron]

Link to tweet

[shraby]

1. I was wondering the same thing myself. That was a crime and where is the investigation?

[Cha]

2. Kick!

[orangecrush]

3. +1

[kentuck]

4. More alike than different.

In my opinion.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Some days it feels as though we are no longer a nation of laws.

So many being broken by those with power.

[erronis]

8. Maybe it's always been so, but at least it's visible, for now. Soon the FCC/media will solve that.

Backroom deals, family ties, ducats exchanged under the bridge.

We've come a long way on transparency but the big players/high-rollers want to stop that visibility.

[gademocrat7]

6. Good question.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Contents of tweet OP neglected to include:

Laurence Tribe
‏Verified account @tribelaw

Why hasn’t anyone compared Trump sending goons to barge into Dr. Bornstein’s office to grab Trump’s medical records (in fact belonging to Bornstein) to Nixon sending the plumbers’ unit to grab Daniel Elsberg’s records from his psychiatrist’s office? Lots of differences, but . . .

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[SCVDem]

9. I did ! nt

[Raven123]

10. Better question. Why was a crime not reported? Fear?

[gratuitous]

12. I suspect the New York Medical Board will want an answer to that question

I hope Dr. Bornstein has a good explanation, because his failure to safeguard patient records is a serious HIPAA breach. If I were one of his patients, I'd be talking with an attorney right about now.

[grantcart]

11. Or to the Nazis use of Sturmabteilung or brown shirts

use of members of the Nazi party who were dressed up in uniforms to go an intimidate people


Yes, they were also called Storm Troopers.

[Nitram]

13. Has the good doctor filed charges? Wouldn't that have to be a necessary first step?

Would that be signing his own death warrant?

[Texin]

14. I think he would have had to call the police and report the theft.

I'm sure he realized that tRump's and his thugs would make his life a living (hopefully living) hell thereafter and just decided to fuhgeddaboutit. I'm wondering why he felt the need to make this public now? Or maybe he just thought, in light of everything else that's surfacing about Twitler, he'd probably be okay.

[Nitram]

15. If the doctor hasn't pressed charges then there is no crime to prosecute and it has nothing

in common with the Watergate break in.

[murielm99]

16. I thought about that last night.

I almost posted it. I have a back injury and can only type for a few hours a day before it gets to me. I am very glad someone else noticed this!