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Wikipedia has a slightly different take:

> The politics of civil forfeiture were somewhat unusual. The federal forfeiture laws were introduced and pushed through Congress by Republicans in the 1980s, with some Democrats supportive and some critical.



And the dems rolled back "equitable sharing" in 2015.

> Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without warrants or criminal charges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-se...


> Wikipedia has a slightly different take:

No it doesn't.

Biden was one of the co-sponsors. But the main sponsor was a Republican, and a Republican signed it into law.

But that's all petty and pointless.




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