I recall that the NYPD was there first, then the FBI swooped in to start the coverup.  I think that's the whole controversy.   There were a lot of claims that the NYPD had the laptop, but that all came from anonymous sources on highly ideological websites.  There is to my knowledge, no statement from the NYPD on this. And this warrant should give us the answer.  This is the actual way the FBI got the laptop, it should indicate who they got it from.  If they got it from Weiner or his lawyer, how can those NYPD claims be true?