// Donald Trump’s loony collateral attack on the FBI search of his “national security vault/unlocked pool house” made its way to federal “Judge” Aileen Cannon’s courtroom yesterday.

The FPOTUS hopes to get a special master to scour the seized documents for “privilege” even though they’ve already been filtered for attorney-client privilege and he — and we cannot stress this enough — does not have executive privilege vis a vis the actual executive branch seems bizarrely likely to succeed even though he’s not even bothered to effect service for this suit yet.

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There’s a lot to say about the substance here and Liz Dye is already saying it. But a side story is the — and I use this term loosely — federal jurist’s effort to block media access.

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Lynch later noted that the bench banned texting from the courthouse too, because law is not exactly Cannon’s strong suit.

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But then this nugget about the Southern District of Florida came across the timeline and has lived rent free in my head ever since.

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Now, despite this being Florida, the shop in question appears to be classier than the set up would suggest. Still, a federal courthouse is outsourcing phone storage to a place where the word “crotchless” comes up unironically.

On the other hand, this might be the least of that court’s legitimacy problems at this point.

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Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.

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