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Hilla fuckin hilarious 

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2/warrant that shows he is reportedly under investigation for possible identity theft, conspiring to damage a protected computer connected to a suspected voting equipment security breach, & conspiracy to defraud the United States.

3/Plaintiffs," Judge Tostrud wrote, "have not served Defendants [Garland and Wray] with the Complaint, or at least Plaintiffs have not yet filed any proof of service."

That was just the first slap.

4/Lindell's attys, incl Dershowitz, had said the seizure of Lindell's📱constituted an "emergency," & filed a req for a TRO. Judge Tostrud spent sev pages of his order explaining all the tech & legal reasons why the motion requesting Lindell's📱be returned were faulty or jst wrong

5/Among them: "A temporary restraining order is an 'extraordinary remedy.'"

6/Other legalese incl, "The request doesnt comply w Rule 65(b)," "With respect to subpara (b)(1)(B), however, Plaintiffs’ atty filed no certification," & "Plaintiffs do not discuss the Rule or cite any authority that might explain why the📱s return is appropriate under the Rule."

7/Other damning language includes, "But that’s it," "that’s understating things," and "it would be a stretch to grant relief."

8/Then there's this one: “It is a familiar rule that courts of equity do not ordinarily restrain criminal prosecutions.”

9/The Judge even cites Wednesday evening's 11th Circuit smack-down of Donald Trump's attempt to claim 100 classified documents may or may not be classified but should be returned to him, in his criticisms.

10/Top national security attorney Brad Moss referred to that as he mocked Dershowitz, saying, "nice lawyering, sir.