I cannot stress enough that this IS NOT NORMAL. As in, it does not happen.
Unless, of course, the government wouldn’t want defendants to find something in discovery by pursuing their legal fees under the Hyde Amendment.
Repeat after me:
I am not more kawaii than Pope John XXIII.
I am not more kawaii than Glenn Greenwald.
I am not more kawaii than Mehmed II.
I am not more kawaii than Noam Chomsky.
But if I stand back and watch and learn,
I will be more kawaii than I am.