Thread by @Dry_Observer

@ericgarland I loved it when prosecutors added 700+ pages of Cohen's formerly "encrypted" WhatsApp messages to the court.

It's not just "what, commercial encryption *isn't* unbreakable?"

Think about all the people calling fellow conspirators on Signal who were already under warrant.

@ericgarland No, not just FISA warrants.

But we've had multiple, vast sources of hard evidence of criminal activities.

#Cryptocurrency transactions, Transition emails, the 420,000+ Hansa users, #FinCEN data, money laundering & so forth, *already* forming a global map of crime & subversion.

@ericgarland So what happens when law enforcement records the phones calls of numerous people for whom they not only have probable cause, but evidence already "beyond a reasonable doubt"?

And what happens when so many callers think their words are encrypted & they can speak *very* openly?

@ericgarland As I said about Cohen's reputed habit of recording phone calls:

It's one thing to have mountains of indisputable evidence for juries.

It's another when you can have the accused explain their crimes in their own words *when* *they* *don't* *know* *they're* *being* *recorded.*

@ericgarland You can explain things to juries in simple terms.

But how much better is it when the defendant explains things to them in simple terms?

@ericgarland And as you get probable cause on one criminal after another, many of whom don't even have to be prosecuted at the Federal level, how much more do you *get?*

@ericgarland Oh, and that whole set of dominoes is just *one* set.

The same thing is happening almost all the other major sources of evidence.

Everything but Transition emails, as at least those stopped.

And notice Justice keeps going after lynchpin people & conspiracies.

Leading to more.