No witnesses appeared before the court. The FBI agents who submitted the warrant applications vouched for the integrity of the information by submitting it. It is most certainly a felony to intentionally lie to a FedMob court, in spite of what Cbolt claims. (and, yes, I know you are a lawyer, Cbolt)
My point above.
The legal defintion of “lie” is very narrow when applied to a government actor.
On paper, an ex parte process (where only one side appears before the court) requires the participant to use more candor and less guile that would be used in an adversarial process, like a trial. But all warrants are ex parte, andcops, FBI, etc. will follow the pattern that they know works. It is uncommon for a wronged person to figure it out, and even more uncommon for them to have the means and will to fight back.
The system is highly rigged against the public. All the pros in the system know this, even (maybe especially) the defense lawyers.
At any rate, it is naive to expect honesty here.