It sounds so very Trump to pardon preemptively, yet if a pardon is given, it’ll be fair grounds for the pardoned to speak about their misdeeds without fear of prosecution, thus letting you spill the beans on everyone else. That’s likely why pardons aren’t given until people are already well beyond in the shitter.

Looking at how cash flow is routed between them, AIPAC is the largest donor of the both of them that I’ve found. Not that AIPAC wants to spend money, but if it buys loyalty, there’s a possible connection to be found.

They are. Specifically houses with some code violation, so they can get a justification to send in a contractor with a construction warrant.

Edit: I use the term “Construction warrant” because I believe that’s what it’s called, but I might be using it as a misnomer.

Uncertain of how jurisdictions are broken up for this power; but construction/inspection warrants are far easier to get and dont require the same level of rigidity as a search warrant. This was my uncle’s realization of what type of people police really are. He was a construction contractor who obtained a construction warrant for a building that police have had their eye the residents of for years, and the police showed up to the facility when he did to get around the requirements for their search warrant, basically using him and his construction warrant as an excuse to search what they had wanted.

Something something, drones looking for construction failures --> contractor gets a construction warrant --> police have a way around a search warrant.

Also edit: This is a secondhand story from a while back, and the caveat of the construction warrant was that they could not enter unless someone answered the door. That being said, many people know not to answer doors for police, but construction workers? I can see even myself falling for that one.