> I'm not sure if there's actually an angle here, but it would be extremely interesting if the defendants were able to impeach the FBI's evidence to such a degr

> I'm not sure if there's actually an angle here, but it would be extremely interesting if the defendants were able to impeach the FBI's evidence to such a degree so as to force an admittance of parallel construction. It's a no brainer that something fishy happened here. Tbh, I think that is basically their defense if you read between the lines. This defense reads as basically: "The FBI's explanation isn't technically possible for how they found the IP address therefore this case should be thrown out as they are lying." The FBI will never admit to parallel construction. They get enough leeway in their testimony, etc. that they can just say "We agree to disagree on what happened" and no one would question them seriously, from a justice system perspective.